Chappell Roan would “rather get arrested” than get into acting
nme.comChappell Roan has revealed that she’d rather “get arrested” than get into acting – see what the pop star had to say below about a potential career change below.In a new interview with Interview Magazine, Roan was asked by Bowen Yang if she’d consider getting into acting to escape from the demands of touring and performing in music.Roan emphatically shot that down, revealing that she had already been offered lead roles in movies, but turned them down. “I say this with peace, and love, and blessings.
Actors are fucking crazy,” she said, before explaining that she gets weirded out by people in the film industry. “Like, I get so freaked out by film people.
I’ve been asked in the past couple of weeks, like, ‘You want the lead in XYZ?’ and I’m like, ‘No.'”She then shared that she had initially got into music as a way to “get my foot in the door” for acting, but backed out of the acting idea when she arrived in Los Angeles. “The industry is legitimately so scary, and it is so out of my control.
I can put out music whenever I want. I don’t have to wait for a casting director to be like, ‘It would be great if we cast you, and then we’ll decide your schedule for the next three months.'”Chappell Roan then admitted that she would consider a cameo role if it’s something “really specific and really silly.” She continued about not wanting to take on larger roles: “I’ve been trained how to act, but it’s the most stressful thing in the world to me.
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