Editing Rupert Everett (section)

===1980s===
Everett's break came in 1981 at the [[Greenwich Theatre]] and later [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Another Country (play)|Another Country]]'', playing a gay schoolboy opposite [[Kenneth Branagh]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D03E2DD1539F93AA15755C0A962948260 | work= The New York Times| title= The Screen: 'Another Country' |last= Canby | first= Vincent | date= 29 June 1984| accessdate= 18 March 2023}}</ref>

His first film was the Academy Award-winning short ''[[A Shocking Accident]]'' (1982), directed by [[James Scott (filmmaker)|James Scott]] and based on a [[Graham Greene]] story. This was followed by [[Another Country (1984 film)|a film version]] of ''Another Country'' in 1984 with [[Cary Elwes]] and [[Colin Firth]]. Following on with ''[[Dance With a Stranger]]'' (1985), Everett began to develop a promising film career until he co-starred with [[Bob Dylan]] in the unsuccessful ''[[Hearts of Fire]]'' (1987). Around the same time, Everett recorded and released an album of pop songs entitled ''Generation of Loneliness''.

Despite being managed by [[Simon Napier-Bell]] (who had steered [[Wham!]] to prominence), the public didn't take to his change in direction. The shift was short-lived, and he only returned to pop indirectly by providing backing vocals for [[Madonna]] many years later, on her cover of "[[American Pie (song)#Madonna version|American Pie]]" and on the track "[[They Can't Take That Away from Me]]" on [[Robbie Williams]]' ''[[Swing When You're Winning]]'' in 2001.