Rachel McAdams turned down some major roles, consecutively within a two-year period

Whoever copy edited that article needs to be fired immediately.

I love RM but thank God she didn't take Casino Royale. Eva Green is unforgettable in that.

I don't understand this. I have a friend who was an agent. There are only so many roles to go around.

In order to keep actors happy with their agents and management, they are offered roles that they know they can't or won't take for whatever reasons.

Just because you're sent a script and offered to do a casting with the director, it doesn't mean it's real interest or a real offers. These all happened when she moved back to Canada for 2 years.

I can guarantee you these weren't FIRM offers. Almost every starring role in every film was FOUGHT for - even by the huge, big name actors of both genders.

Nobody is handed anything in Hollywood. Or that's what my agent friend said.

I can’t see her in Devil.

RM has made bad career choices

She looks cold and angry in pic

I heard she's a lez. I also heard Jada ate her muff and was obsessed with her for a while. Anyone else can confirm?

R3 false. A bunch of false in everything you just said.

R5 no. She hasn’t.

I wish she had taken Iron Man. She’s so much prettier than Goop and would have been much better in that role.

^^^ True dat.

R8 - what's false? You don't know what you're talking about.

People are not handed roles - they're offered scripts and to read for them. Every once in a while, a director has a specific actor or actress in mind - but there's no way she was handed all of these roles sight unseen.

Tell me how you know it's false?

R8 is correct

R13 yup. That person trolls too much.

I heard she trying to move away from the Hollywood spotlight, but then waited too late to finally sell out with that Sherlock movie.

I get her mixed up with the actress from Coyote Ugly

She will be forever remembered for Mean Girls and The Notebook. I don’t think any of the other roles would have been as iconic. Goop’s role in Iron Man was really nothing.

She starred with RDJ in Sherlock and their chemistry wasn’t that amazing anyway.

She’s a very boring actress to me. Have never gotten the hype.

Shes a terrible actress. I recall in Wedding Crashers everyone had a funny role with some charisma or charm, except her with her monotone flat facial expressions. Im glad she wasnt in Casino Royale, that was a perfect movie.

I liked her in Midnight in Paris.

I think she is adorable and great in rom-coms

Now it makes sense. This woman was on track to be the next Julia Roberts.

I'm glad she turned down The Devil Wears Prada. AnnE was perfect in that role.

Anyone remember that thriller she did with Cilian Murphy. It came out shortly after Wedding Crashers and was a hit. Within like a 2 yr period she had done Mean Girls, Wedding Crashers, and I think the film was Red Eye. She’s a fool for turning down all these big blockbusters. Instead we got Jennifer Lawrence forced down our throats.

[QUOTE] Instead we got Jennifer Lawrence forced down our throats.

Not anymore!

Isn't she the antivaxx Canadian?

She was so gorgeous in WC

She's great in The Family Stone. She should do more comedic, witty/acerbic roles. Come back, Rachel McA!

She's a charisma-free zone.

Agreed, R28. She’s wonderful in The Family Stone. I really just love that movie.

That lezzie movie she stars in with Racehel Weisz has a very uncomfortable to watch sex scene

I’d have preferred her in DWP

She was perfect in Mean Girls.

She’s another leading lady who most women really like.

She has the appeal of wet food at the bottom of the sink.

[quote]Anyone remember that thriller she did with Cilian Murphy.

God, YES. It's called Red Eye, and Cillian is so handsome and charming in it.

I like her. It was kind of hard to see her cast as the mother in Are You There God? It's Me Margaret

She is in the first season of the Canadian show Slings and Arrows.

My college roommate's friend went to high-school with Rachel Macadams and said she was a royal bitch

I hated her so much in The Family Stone I wouldn’t watch her films. I detest that movie. Then I saw her in the goofy Eurovision movie and she was adorable in it. She’s fantastic in “Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret” which is my favorite film so far this year.

Yes, she was really great in Margaret—though it did make me feel old seeing her in a mom role.

Was that article written by glitchy AI?

Miranda Priestly would have made her get rid of the mole.

Her wide eyed ingenue thing was never that appealing to me. She was good in The Notebook but never seemed to have much appeal on a broad scale.

The only thing I remember about Red Eye is the hilarious "drink" moment which made me wish to never order any vodka based fruit drink for the rest of my life.

A bay breeze if I recall correctly?

She has a lot of neck moles.

A bay breeze indeed.

it was so she could bicycle around toronto and be a brunette lesbian Deborah-that being said she realized it would be easier to make those millions and marry a dude

congrats Rach!

R40 You are the Kaweeniest queen ever. You are what makes the DL the DL. Thanks!