Josh HartnettDive into a terrifying moment from his past…revealing he left Hollywood because he was being followed – including by a man who he said once arrived at his location with a gun.
actor during interview protector Via Zoom from his estate in Hampshire, England… He and his wife live in a vast countryside, partly because living in Los Angeles started to feel too dangerous.
JH said that wasn’t the only reason he left Los Angeles about 20 years ago…but it didn’t help that people started showing up at his house.
Harnett said these were straight-up stalking incidents… adding that a man once “showed up at one of my premieres with a gun and claimed to be my father. He ended up in jail.”
Basically, Harnett was worried that he would be overwhelmed by fame…and decided to change his life before Hollywood ended his life.
Apparently, Harnett is still making movies… including M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap,” a psychological horror thriller released this week in which he plays a serial killer The killer, who must escape a stadium-wide police operation, is a perfect character for the idea of his own stalker.
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Hartnett said his career trajectory has been good to him … and added that he spent a lot of time with his kids that he might not have had otherwise.
That said, it seemed like his career might have gone a different way…but Helwood himself made the man feel trapped.
