Haley Lu Richardson is opening up about why she passed on starring in Midsommar.
19.04.2023 - 12:33 / etcanada.com
There are some roles Rachel McAdams wishes she’d taken.
In a new feature interview with Bustle, the “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” star reveals some of the roles she turned down in the ’00s.
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Not so long after rising to fame with “The Notebook” and “Mean Girls”, McAdams decided to take a break that ended up lasting two years. She moved back to Canada, frequently biking around Toronto and spending time with family.
At the time, though, she was being offered all kinds of big movie roles, which she turned down, including, “The Devil Wears Prada”, “Casino Royale”, “Mission: Impossible III”, “Iron Man” and “Get Smart”.
“There’s certainly things like ‘I wish I’d done that,'” she admits, though she sees the success of those films as a sign. “I step back and go, ‘That was the right person for that.’”
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Looking back on the break, McAdams says, “I felt guilty for not capitalizing on the opportunity that I was being given, because I knew I was in such a lucky spot. But I also knew it wasn’t quite jiving with my personality and what I needed to stay sane.”
She recalls, “There were definitely some anxious moments of wondering if I was just throwing it all away, and why was I doing that? It’s taken years to understand what I intuitively was doing.”
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Rachel McAdams returns to theaters later this month with “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” It’s a significant role for the actress and one she wanted to do. She can’t say the same for some of the huge movies she turned down in the mid-2000s, some of which are the decade’s biggest films.
Rachel McAdams felt "guilty" for turning down roles in big-name films after her success in "The Notebook" and "Mean Girls." McAdams, 44, opened up about her fame and the breaks she has taken from Hollywood while promoting her upcoming film "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." The actress turned down huge industry successes throughout a two-year pause in her career including "The Devil Wears Prada," "Casino Royale," "Iron Man," "Get Smart" and "Mission: Impossible III." "There’s certainly things like ‘I wish I’d done that,'" she told Bustle in a new interview. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bustle (@bustle) "I step back and go, ‘That was the right person for that.’" View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bustle (@bustle) Despite believing she made the right decision, McAdams revealed she "felt guilty" for passing on the roles.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Nicholas Hoult recently made headlines for revealing he lost roles in “The Batman,” “Mission: Impossible 7” and “Top Gun: Maverick” all in a row, but that’s nothing compared to the handful of A-list projects Rachel McAdams consecutively turned down. As revealed in her new Bustle profile, McAdams turned down offers for “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Casino Royale,” “Mission: Impossible III,” “Iron Man” and “Get Smart” in the two-year period where she moved back to Canada following a rise in Hollywood with “Mean Girls,” “The Notebook” and more. “There’s certainly things like ‘I wish I’d done that,’” McAdams said. “[But] I step back and go, ‘That was the right person for that.’”
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