Britney Spears Speaks Out on ‘Crossroads’ Method Acting Being ‘Messed Up,’ Losing Out on ‘The Notebook’ and Being a ‘Child Robot’ During Conservatorship
17.10.2023 - 15:07
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director With Britney Spears‘ highly-anticipated memoir “The Woman in Me” gearing up for its Oct. 24 publication date, People magazine is running several excerpts from the book in which the music icon opens up about her conservatorship, acting career and more. Reflecting on her 2002 movie “Crossroads,” Spears noted “the experience wasn’t easy for me” as she unknowingly went Method for the role.
“My problem wasn’t with anyone involved in the production but with what acting did to my mind,” she writes. “I think I started Method acting — only I didn’t know how to break out of my character. I really became this other person.
Some people do Method acting, but they’re usually aware of the fact that they’re doing it. But I didn’t have any separation at all. I ended up walking differently, carrying myself differently, talking differently.
I was someone else for months while I filmed ‘Crossroads.’ Still to this day, I bet the girls I shot that movie with think, She’s a little…quirky. If they thought that, they were right.” Spears notes that “Crossroads” was “pretty much the beginning and end of my acting career, and I was relieved.” She writes that she was a contender for the role of Allie opposite Ryan Gosling in “The Notebook.” Rachel McAdams ended up winning the role, much to Spears’ relief. Had she taken the part, Spears would’ve been reunited with her former “Mickey Mouse Club” co-star Gosling.
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