Update: Rose McGowan has blasted Rodriguez split reports.Rose McGowan has reportedly split with Robert Rodriguez, because of financial difficulties on forthcoming film
Barbarella.
The actress was set to take the lead in a remake of the 1968 cult classic, with Rodriguez directing the movie. But the couple have now allegedly split following disagreements over the film's money problems. McGowan apparently wasn't a big enough box office draw for the $70 million remake, after
Grindhouse only grossed $25.4 million.
A source tells the New York Pos, "Too bad
Grindhouse didn't gross $100 million. Then, maybe,
Barbarella would have gotten the green light. Instead, the moguls were saying, 'We need a bigger star, a bigger name.'"