Why Rupert Everett is moving in with mum

HE was once a regular on the Hollywood party scene but now Rupert Everett is moving back in with his mother – to look after her in old age.

The actor said he was in the process of helping his 83-yearold mother Sara split her home in rural Wiltshire into two, which he called his ‘next major project’.

Everett, who turns 59 tomorrow, said they had created a separate living quarters for him and revealed he is finding the move ‘very peculiar’.

He told the Hay Literary Festival: ‘I’m not sure whether it’s a wonderful thing or a tragic thing yet. You spend so much energy getting away from home, then there’s something about ageing where you feel the tide turn and are dragged back to the beaches of youth.’

The My Best Friend’s Wedding star, who has described his mother as a ‘tough cookie’, said despite sharing a house, they will set strict rules about how often they meet – each cooking for the other just once a week. He added that he hopes the move will benefit his career as the solitude of the countryside will help him ‘work and write’ on various projects.