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Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a> isn\u2019t shying away from the “nepo baby” label.<\/p>\n

The Oscar winner candidly acknowledged the perks of being a Hollywood “nepo baby” while revealing that one of her earliest film roles came not from an audition \u2014 but from a casual car ride with her famous godfather, Steven Spielberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During a SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations<\/a> event earlier this month, Paltrow reflected on landing her role in 1991\u2019s “Hook,” directed by Spielberg, after she was asked what the casting process looked like for the film.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“You know there are certain advantages to being a nepo baby, which were that \u2026Steven\u2026 very close with Steven and Kate,” Paltrow said.<\/p>\n

Spielberg\u2019s wife, actress Kate Capshaw, had long been part of Paltrow\u2019s inner circle.<\/p>\n

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“Kate was actually my father\u2019s best friend. They were best friends. Kate Capshaw \u2026 so I grew up with them \u2026 they\u2019re really our family,” she explained. According to Paltrow, the role offer came unexpectedly while she was riding in the back seat as the group headed to see “The Silence of the Lambs.”<\/p>\n

“I remember we were going, my father and I were going to see \u2018Silence of the Lambs\u2019 with Kate and Steven,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We were going to the movie theater and Steven was driving \u2026 I was in the back seat and he kept like looking in the rearview mirror and squinting at me \u2026 I was like, \u2018Do I have something on my face? Like what?\u2019”<\/p>\n

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Then came the question that would kick-start her screen career.<\/p>\n

“And then he said, \u2018Gwenny, will you do me a favor?\u2019” Paltrow, who was 18 at the time, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spielberg asked, “\u2018Would you play young Wendy in \u2018Hook\u2019 in this movie that I\u2019m doing about Peter Pan?\u2019”<\/p>\n

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Her initial reaction was disbelief \u2014 and a moment she quickly walked back.<\/p>\n

“I said, \u2018Oh, f–k off.\u2019 You know, no,” she recalled. “Oh, I did not say that \u2026 I said, \u2018Yes, I will. I will do that.\u2019” The role itself was brief, but the memory left a lasting impression in Paltrow’s Hollywood career.<\/p>\n

“That was like my first, yeah. I had one line \u2026 an English accent,” Paltrow said, laughing at herself. “Not a very good English accent, by the way \u2014 it was before my dialect coach days. \u2026 I had a wig and a costume. Oh my gosh, it was so much fun. It was so cool.”<\/p>\n

The candid admission comes as Paltrow continues to reflect publicly on her early Hollywood years.<\/p>\n

During the same conversation, she also discussed her performances in “Shakespeare in Love,” “Sliding Doors” and “Iron Man.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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