Delightful! Maxwell Caulfield and Juliet Mills chat about their careers and romance

[quote]And he’s still gorgeous at age 60.

And they don't look so mismatched anymore, I don't think.

He's still gorgeous. And still gay.

She's had that big blond cock for 40 years! BITCH!

They seem like sweet people. And prove that bearding can work for some people.

He looks dreadful.

"She's had that big blond cock for 40 years! BITCH!"

Save the jealousy for his boyfriend

They should reboot Nanny and the Professor.

Don’t be a ditz, R4. You wish.

If it works for them, what's the issue r8?

He looks nice there, like a crushable high school band teacher.

"They should reboot Nanny and the Professor. "

Nanny and the Undertaker.

It's unfortunate that she was asked about that pathetic old boozehound, Kim Richards. I cringed at that question. Of course, Juliet provided was classy in her response.

The reporter should've mentioned that Grease 2 has a considerable cult following but maybe that's an American thing and not an Aussie thing.

Gukk

That pornstache isn’t doing him any favors.

Because, R8, I was responding to R4’s second sentence “And prove that bearding can work for some people.” She’s not bearding for him. They are a legit and lovely couple. I have no issues with their age difference or anything about them.

She's a beard. He is gay. He has boytoys on the side. Whether she knows or not, I have no idea.

The only actors I know of who are roughly 18 years younger than I am are Connor Jessup and Timothee Chalamet. Not the greatest selection.

[quote]And he’s still gorgeous at age 60.

OP you need glasses he lost his looks years ago.

I'm so sick of people acting like, just because someone is older, they look like shit. They both still look beautiful for their ages and they look respectable for their ages, too. They don't look like they've been nipped and tucked to hell and back.

Do the trolls who hiss "Hideoussssss!" at anyone who ages naturally kill themselves when they hit age 30? I certainly hope so.

I could really use a Martimmy right about now.

She made him old. Curse of the Snatch!!

I love Juliet and would approach plastic surgery with caution. However, a treatment on her neck wouldn't be unwise and would do wonders for her,

The fact neither of them has gone the plastic surgery route in a sad attempt to hide the aging says a lot about them, all good. They live way out in Ojai so they could have a big vegetable garden. Another good sign they're good people. Both are naturalized US citizens.

I agree with the other posters: he looks good for 60. Of course he's not going to look like the hunk he was in his youth, and it's unrealistic to expect that. I hope I look that good in ten years.

They both look great - naturally so.

BUMP

Damn, he had such a beautiful thick head of hair. He was so pretty.

Everyone looks hideous through the bottom of a gin and tonic.

[quote] I could really use a Martimmy right about now.

I love that "Passions" reference, Princess @ R21.

Never look back, r28, never look back....

British 'straight' guys sure love an older lady.

Many British hunks have a soft, boyish nature and like to be mothered.

Hotdamn.

I've met her a few times and she is a beautiful older woman and funny as hell. Made me laugh out loud each time I have met her. Lovely lady.

My life inspiration.

[quote] I've met her a few times and she is a beautiful older woman and funny as hell.

Soft and sweet

Wise and wonderful

Oooh! Our mystical, magical nanny....

^^Not sure if it's blots on the photo or on his shirt. If it's the latter, good that he found someone older & wiser who can teach him how to get stains out of white laundry properly.

They look lovely. His body is still rocking for 60.

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Granny and the Professor.

She must have been a smoker and/or sun worshipper to have such prominent forehead wrinkles, even in the title credits of "Nanny and the Professor." She was only about thirty then.

I kept thinking of her as the hippie-dressed, bracelet-clinking, crazy-hairdo Tabitha Lenox and was surprised she bagged such a hot guy.

But, I must say, she looked very chic in her younger days with him. Plus, she was from a British theatre-royalty family so he must have been so impressed by her high-society connections, illustrious thespian family & distinguished theatre work.

This retro photo of them gives me "Sunset Boulevard" vibes. They should have done that as a TV film together, they were perfect for that story.

Or maybe "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" - though Caulfield doesn't look quite Italian enough.

[quote]They live out in Ojai

Ojai is always under fire threat. I wonder if they had to evacuate last year?

They seem to work in Australia regularly, touring the regions. They're used to a fiery bush, no doubt.

What a nice interview. Nothing to be bitchy about here (Yes, I know this is DL). They're both lovely and happy and wonderful role models.

I've read hear that Caulfield wore a rug for a long time. Since the 1980s? Or later?

He was born Maxwell Newby and was kicked out of the house at age 15. Sounds like a gay youth situation to me.

The age difference doesn't seem apparent anymore.

[quote] He was born Maxwell Newby and was kicked out of the house at age 15.

Sounds a bit similar to Aaron Johnson's situation, R47. He had some kind of spiralling crisis in his teenage years and says he NEVER wants to go back to visit his parents in his childhood home / deprived home-town (they can visit, but he doesn't want to go back there). He says his older wife Samantha Taylor-Wood (well-connected, mothering, and super-rich thanks to a lucky divorce) saved him from that hellhole.

Any links to articles tracing the young Maxwell's timeline?

Max was a dancer in a gay bar in his youth, the rule was TWO items of clothing. He wore socks and thus his first brush with fame.

I never truly understood why he needed to beard up so fiercely and for so long. Was he ever that close to A-/B+ list where he needed to be sold to the audiences as some straight romantic hero? Particularly, once his stint on "Dynasty"/"The Colbys" was over? If anything, it probably did some damage to his career because the whole thing was so obvious to everyone with a head. Instead of living it up in Palm Springs with other fellow well-preserved eldergays, he is keeping up this sad charade?

Juliet accepted Glenda Jackson's Academy Award for "Women In Love" the same year her father won Best Supporting Actor for "Ryan's Daughter". I asked her if Glenda or The Academy asked her to do it and she said The Academy, they knew she would be there with her Dad.

Maxwell has held up his hand that he was a holy terror when stardom came calling. Having Juliet as his Missus was a nonfactor re his career at that time.

I knew someone who was working with Max in his first NY show. He was pretty terrible in it and seemed none too smart and kind of a dick. (but beautiful.) About 15 years ago, I met him after a show and spent some time with him and he was one of the most down to earth unpretentious people I had ever met. Just a lovely man, and I've heard the same sort of thing about Juliet. That said, he was still not a great actor. I think they seem very happy together. BTW, he wore a toupee for a long time for shows and movies, but not otherwise. He was balding fairly early and didn't seem to care.

"I never truly understood why he needed to beard up so fiercely and for so long."

I think they do genuinely love and care about each other. He is gay, though

Rolls eyes at R52.

[Quote] He is gay, though

If you're going to drop information like that, give us details.

There is not one shred of provable evidence that Maxwell is gay. It's just the typical nonsensical ramblings of a few lunatic minds on DL who insist that every good looking male celebrity is a homo.

[Quote] There is not one shred of provable evidence that Maxwell is gay.

You're sure of that? How? Maxwell?

Well then let's hear the provable evidence R60. The idiotic blatherings oif a band of bitchy queens on a chat board don't count.

Nor does claiming there's no shred of evidence. "I haven't seen a shred of evidence" is a different comment, with its implicit admission that you are not all-seeing.

Until a shred of provable evidence is presented, THERE IS NO SHRED OF PROVABLE EVIDENCE. How hard is it to understand that?

Maxwell has gone from being a hot looking stud, to being a very debonair looking middle aged man.

There is a difference between "I have seen no evidence" and "There is no evidence." How hard is it to understand that?

(And typing in all caps makes you seem unhinged. Calm down. Maxwell Caulfied doesn't need you to protect him from gay rumors. He could use the press.)

[Quote] middle aged man.

How many 120-year-old women do you know?

Thanks for sharing OP. I’ve always been fans of both, and this is a lovely interview.

Max’s youthful beauty was unrivaled. So gorgeous.

I'm not saying he isn't gay. I'm wondering what are the signs that he's gay other than his marriage to an older woman. Spacey had pictures, Jackman had pictures, Travolta had a freaking mountain of evidence that he's gay. What do we have like that to show that Caulfield is gay?

I asked the same thing. Maybe wait for a response rather than get pissy.

If he were American I'd say being willing to play a predator fixated on a young boy in [italic]Mindgames[/italic] might indicate non-straightness, but as he's a British theatre actor it probably doesn't indicate anything.

[quote] The only actors I know of who are roughly 18 years younger than I am are Connor Jessup and Timothee Chalamet. Not the greatest selection.

18 years younger than me nets Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Stephen Amell, Colin O’Donoghue, Matt Ryan, Ricky Whittle, Jesse Williams, Tom Riley, and Brian J. Smith. Won’t hear any complaints from me about that age difference!

Delightful.

Yummy.

[Quote] On the flip side, Caulfield says 20-something Zellweger did not have the same experience on set. "Zellweger was givin' it away for free," he says, "But no one was interested."

Jeez. He sounds like quite the dickhead. The quote is from five years ago, so he was already well into his fifties.

Excuse me, R66?

I can see the doubters that their union is legit. A marriage lasting 40 years? In Hollywood?

R73 That really is a shitty thing to say. What a douchecanoe.

They seem very happy.

[quote]That said, he was still not a great actor.

He is a terrific stage actor. There are tons of actors that don't shine onscreen a plenty that can't do theater well.

I sam him in a tour of "Singing' In the Rain" as the studio head. He was fine. He's clearly just happy to work as it' s a nothing part, as I recall.

*saw

I'd like to sit on his face, ever so slightly, while he enthusiastically hummed the title song, "Shitty Shitty Bang Bang"!

Max did a guest spot on Modern Family a few years ago. His role was tiny but he was very funny in it.

Why can't he get a Netflix or Amazon show? I'm sure Ryan Murphy or Greg Berlant could find a place for him somewhere.

Yeah He should play a handsome sophisticated older gay man, with a shady tongue that he uses to slay you with his wit, and you don't even see it coming.

In other words, a DL Eldergay!

Why did he say that about Renee? He’s dead to me now.

Renée probably rejected him.

Suck it, Haley!

[quote]Yeah He should play a handsome sophisticated older gay man, with a shady tongue that he uses to slay you with his wit, and you don't even see it coming.

An American version of "Vicious," perhaps? Who would play his partner?

Nicholas Clay.

"Renée probably rejected him."

He's gay

As I recall, she ended up rejecting Kenny Chesney...

That was a delightful interview. Juliet Mills is lovely and always has been. Caulfield looks very good for his age. He seems a little fake, but she's obviously very, very happy, so I don't care much about the details of their relationship. They've been together 40 years, so whatever it is they're doing, it's right for them.

Where’s the proof though? I’d love to believe it. But there’s no rumors about him.

There have been rumors for decades. What there hasn't been is any credible proof so far as I'm aware.

I wonder if Allen Carr had detailed diaries...

Up their asses maybe, R82?

He's incredibly good looking which means he's gay. If he was fat and ugly, he'd be straight. It's just that simple!

[Quote] If he was fat and ugly, he'd be straight.

You ain't got ta lie, Creg.

R92, he takes his boy toys out on the town, it's not even that much of a secret