celeb photos Rachel McAdams on taking breaks from acting and rejecting major roles

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At the height of her career in Hollywood, Rachel McAdams says she stepped away from it all, turning down some major roles in order to “stay sane.”

Speaking to Bustle for the upcoming film Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, her first non-Marvel role since 2020, McAdams lives a largely quiet life in the South with her screenwriter partner Jamie Linden and their two children. “I guess I always had a sense that it would be okay; either it’s going to work out or it’s not,” she said of her career, adding that taking hiatuses from acting “really helped me feel empowered. It helped me feel like I was taking back some control. And I think it sort of allowed me to come in from a different doorway.”

In the mid-2000s, on the heels of her roles in The Notebook and Mean Girls, McAdams recalled turning down projects including The Devil Wears Prada, Casino Royale, Mission: Impossible III, Iron Man, and Get Smart. (Anne Hathaway presumably offers her gratitude.) “There’s certainly things like, ‘I wish I’d done that,’” she told Bustle, adding that, even so, “I step back and go, ‘That was the right person for that.’”

During McAdams’s two-year break living in Canada, she said, the actor “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.” It would take time for McAdams to truly understand her own choices. “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,” she said.

As for whether or not McAdams will dip into the past by appearing in the upcoming Mean Girls movie musical, negotiations for original cast members Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert, in addition to McAdams, to make a cameo have reportedly occurred. But the OG Regina George expressed skepticism about going back to school. “I don’t see a way to shoehorn us in,” she told the outlet. But “if Tina [Fey] can figure it out, I’m there, for sure.”

 

Full interview: https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/rachel-mcadams-interview-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Intuition]

She's 45 this year and looks great (and natural!). 

[Right Now]

Cutie. She looks beautiful.

[tonyle1911]

She is one of the few actresses rn in Hollywood only consider acting as a career and try to stay away from the spotlight of being a celebrity. She was offered tons of major roles in 2005-2008: The devil wears Prada, Ironman…. But was afraid of the spotlight and attention of being the new IT girl. She should have much bigger career if she had taken those roles. But that’s what makes she’s really rare and a treasure of Hollywood.

[JoeAg]

she hasn't aged a DAY  stunning Canadian legend

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

She's an icon no matter what she does at this point. Most girls would kill to have not one but TWO roles as iconic as her roles in The Notebook & Mean Girls.

 

All of the original Mean Girls seem to be doing very well nowadays, it's nice to see. 

[RockStarShit101]

5 minutes ago, tonyle1911 said:

She is one of the few actresses rn in Hollywood only consider acting as a career and try to stay away from the spotlight of being a celebrity. She was offered tons of major roles in 2005-2008: The devil wears Prada, Ironman…. But was afraid of the spotlight and attention of being the new IT girl. She should have much bigger career if she had taken those roles. But that’s what makes she’s really rare and a treasure of Hollywood.

I assume it was anne's role, right? 

[XtinaStripped]

I respect her for that. I love when she pops up though. Great actress.

[Heartbreak Prince]

A legend!

[Axolotl]

She's a legend and she looks great! She's figured Hollywood out and knows when to hold back

[family.guy123]

5 minutes ago, Jaded. said:

She's an icon no matter what she does at this point. Most girls would kill to have not one but TWO roles as iconic as her roles in The Notebook & Mean Girls.

 

All of the original Mean Girls seem to be doing very well nowadays, it's nice to see. 

In the same year no less

[alexking]

Such a stunning woman. 

[LittleStarmen]

7 minutes ago, RockStarShit101 said:

I assume it was anne's role, right? 

Yes Anne was like the 5th choice for that

[kandicha]

Queen… hope to see her in movies more often, as she feels ready to do so  she sounds like she has a nice, peaceful life compared to most other actors

[Lovett]

She's absolutely gorgeous.

[theoghon]

The way she's had multiple shots/seasons to becoming a Main Hollywood girlie but chooses to #stayHumble , who would've thunketh, not to mention she's still in her prime & has potential Marvel Side Projects

[50thStateofMind]

love her so much

[Nashe]

Leyendaaaaaaaaaaa

[Shelter]

She was offered The Devil Wears Prada 3 times. Would've been perfect for her. 

[Taylor fanboy]

QUEEN. 

[Natawie]

1 hour ago, LittleStarmen said:

Yes Anne was like the 5th choice for that

 

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Queen! She's so likeable

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

I am happy for her yeah but I still wish she accepted those big roles. She would have been another huge HUGE Hollywood IT gorl.  she has it all, beauty, talent, opportunities...

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

2 minutes ago, Natawie said:

 

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Queen! She's so likeable

Not 9th

[harwee]

I love her.

Among all the main hollywood girls that arrived during that time (early 2000s) she seems very normal.

[shyboi]

McAdams recalled turning down projects including The Devil Wears Prada, Casino Royale, Mission: Impossible III, Iron Man, and Get Smart. (Anne Hathaway presumably offers her gratitude.) “There’s certainly things like, ‘I wish I’d done that,’” she told Bustle, adding that, even so, “I step back and go, ‘That was the right person for that.’”

 

QUEEN, Regina George was my childhood, i will forever be grateful with her