John Malkovich Names 1 Thing He Regrets About His Affair With Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich in 2024.It seems that being John Malkovich includes reflecting upon your mistakes.Last week, the In The Line Of Fire star pulled a rare move by opening up to the Fashion Neurosis podcastabout his notorious affair with one of his co-stars, Michelle Pfeiffer.The two Oscar-nominated actors began an actual liaison while filming 1988’s Dangerous Liaisons, and it could be considered dangerous because both were married at the time. John was still married to fellow actor Glenne Headly, while Michelle was still with then-husband Peter Horton. Shortly after their affair, both John and Michelle split from their respective spouses in 1988, and their dalliance seemingly fizzled out.“It’s not something I’ve ever really talked about,” John told host Bella Freud during the interview about his past romance with Michelle.He added: “Put it this way. In the work I do normally, you make emotional bonds with people very quickly. That’s kind of part of the work. Very rarely, those bonds extend beyond the work.”John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer Star in "Dangerous Liaisons" in 1988.The Being John Malkovich star went on to imply that the one thing he regrets about the affair was losing his once-satisfying professional relationship with Michelle, describing her as “someone I valued greatly as a colleague, was great fun and moving, and with me, incredibly fair”.“And … I certainly wasn’t,” John then admitted.“I think I’ve learned over the course of my life that a great colleague is actually kind of rarer than anything,” he later added. “And when that relationship becomes more than collegial or more than a friendship, even a profound friendship, then, at least in my experience — and it might be my particular psychology or stupidity or ineptness, or all of the above — then you lose a great colleague.”Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich look intensely into each other’s eyes in a scene from Dangerous Liaisons.John went on to compare his professional relationship with Michelle to working with actor Ingeborga Dapkunaite, who worked with him in films like 2000’s Shadow Of A Vampire and 2017’s About Love. For Adults Only.“Ingeborga and I are still, 33 years now, working together and have remained great friends and colleagues because there is a line never crossed,” John said.“That’s kind of what I’ve learned — that when a thing like that happens, it’s probably, might be, not retrievable,” he added.Although Michelle has never publicly commented on her affair with John, she has openly gushed over her second husband, producer and Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley, whom she married in 1993.“I got really lucky,” she told Parade of Kelley in 2012. “I never take him for granted. I’ve never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that.” “There’s his humour and intelligence, too, and he’s really cute, all those things,” she added. “But if you don’t respect your partner, you’ll get sick of him.”MORE FILM NEWS:Critics Are All Saying The Same Thing About The Latest Knives Out SequelRocky Horror Icon Tim Curry Reveals Princess Diana's Cheeky Comment About Watching The FilmDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Shares The Real Reason He's Looking So Different These Days

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