Editing Rupert Everett (section)

===1990s===
[[File:Rupert Everett Cannes.jpg|thumb|upright|Everett at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 1989, Everett moved to Paris, writing a novel, ''Hello, Darling, Are You Working?'', and [[coming out]] as gay, a disclosure which he has said may well have damaged his career.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/29/rupert-everett-madonna-carole-cadwalladr | first= Carole | last= Cadwalladr | work = The Guardian | date= 29 November 2009| accessdate = 18 March 2023| title = I wouldn't advise any actor thinking of his career to come out.}}</ref> Returning to the public eye in ''[[The Comfort of Strangers (film)|The Comfort of Strangers]]'' (1990), several films of variable success followed. The [[Italian comics]] character [[Dylan Dog]], created by [[Tiziano Sclavi]] in 1986, is graphically inspired by him. Everett, in turn, appeared in ''[[Cemetery Man]]'' (1994), an adaptation of Sclavi's novel ''Dellamorte Dellamore''. In 1995 Everett published a second novel, ''The Hairdressers of St. Tropez''.

His career was revitalised by his award-winning performance in ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]'' (1997), playing [[Julia Roberts]]'s character's gay friend, followed by a role as [[Madonna]]'s character's gay best friend in ''[[The Next Best Thing]]'' (2000). (Everett was a backup vocalist on her cover of "[[The Next Best Thing (soundtrack)|American Pie]]", which is on the film's soundtrack.) Around the same time, he starred as the sadistic Sanford Scolex/Dr. Claw in [[Disney]]'s ''[[Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget]]'' (also 1999) with [[Matthew Broderick]].