In her autobiography, Britney Spears recounted the moment she lost the lead role in Pages of Our Lives and her audition video went viral online.
Britney Spearswhile promoting her autobiography “The Woman in Me,” she said that she was in contention for the leading role in the film. Pages of our life.
video of his auditionperformed in front of Ryan Gosling, has now been posted online and gone viral.
Footage published online
The Canadian actor does not appear in the video, but he can be heard reading some lines from Nicholas Sparks’ novel Pages of Our Lives, while Britney Spears recites the scene and tries to convince the project’s producers.
Casting director Matthew Barry showed the footage and said: “Britney wasn’t just good, she was phenomenal. It was a difficult decision. Britney conquered everyone. We were speechless, I was. Completely stunned. He did his best that day“.
However, the role of Ellie went to Rachel McAdams after she and the pop star beat out competition from other talented young actresses. Barry explained: “Scarlett Johansson, Claire Danes, Kate Bosworth, Amy Adams, Jamie King and Mandy Moore auditioned for this role. Britney beat them all. Everyone who was anyone at that age wanted that role.“.
Ryan Gosling said ten years ago, speaking about Britney: “We met a lot of actresses and they were all very good. I haven’t seen her since I was 12, we were both 12, so she was all grown up, but she was actually very nice. He did a really good job“.
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Britney Spears recently recalled: “The film’s casting went so far as to involve me and Rachel McAdams, and while it would have been fun to reunite with Ryan after our time on The Mickey Mouse Club, I’m glad I didn’t make the film.“.
The music star emphasized: “If I did, instead of working on my In The Zone album, I’d be busy playing a 1940s heiress day and night.“.