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Margot Robbie Watched Rachel McAdams’ The Notebook Audition To Inspire Her

Margot Robbie Watched Rachel McAdams’ The Notebook Audition To Inspire Her

Margot Robbie has shared the one iconic movie scene that helped her bring her A-game to every audition. In a recent interview on the Radio 2 breakfast show, the Wuthering Heights actor told Scott Mills that she used to revisit clips of Rachel McAdams’ audition for The Notebook before trying out for a part. “She’s so good, and she’s so charming and real, and like, in it,” Margot explained. “I used to watch it before I’d go to an audition, I was like, ‘OK, just try and be as good as her.’” When Scott asked if she’d ever got a job off the back of studying Rachel’s audition tape, Margot admitted: “Technically, you could say any part I got would’ve been in thanks to her because I was always watching her audition right before.” “It’s just the commitment. I always watched it to remind me you have to fully commit in the audition room,” she added. Margot and Rachel actually worked together in 2013 time travel rom-com About Time, where Margot had a minor part …

Why Jamie Lee Curtis’ Mom Didn’t Let Her Audition for ‘The Exorcist’

Why Jamie Lee Curtis’ Mom Didn’t Let Her Audition for ‘The Exorcist’

While Jamie Lee Curtis is now famously known as the Scream Queen, she recently revealed that her mom actually stopped her from making her horror film debut as a child. During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the Oscar winner recalled a producer wanting her to audition for 1973’s The Exorcist. However, she said her mother, Janet Leigh, declined the opportunity for her then preteen daughter. “He called my mom and said, ‘Hey, I’m producing the movie of the book The Exorcist.’ Will you let Jamie audition for it?’” Curtis recounted. “And at the time I was probably 12 and, like, cute and kind of sassy and I had some personality, and I’m sure he saw me at a party and was like, ‘Oh, she’d be funny.’ And my mother said, ‘No.’” Looking back, the Freakier Friday star is thankful her mom protected her from child stardom and potentially any trauma that could have come from starring in a scary movie at such a young age. “My mom really wanted me to have, …