Rachel McAdams turned down ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Casino Royale’ roles for this reason
foxnews.comRachel 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. "I felt guilty for not capitalizing on the opportunity that I was being given, because I knew I was in such a lucky spot," she explained. "But I also knew it wasn't quite jiving with my personality and what I needed to stay sane." "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 noted. McAdams grew up in Canada and eventually attended the four-year theater program at York University.
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