Similar Topic: Memoir Reveals Britney Spears Had An Abortion While Dating Justin Timberlake
Here is her statement about the ordeal:
“Even though it would have been fun to reconnect with Ryan Gosling after our time on the ‘Mickey Mouse Club,’ I’m glad I didn’t do it. If I had, instead of working on my album ‘In the Zone’ I’d have been acting like a 1940s heiress day and night."
“My problem wasn’t with anyone involved in the production but with what acting did to my mind,” she explained, adding,. “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.”
Pop star Britney Spears auditioned for the role of Allie Hamilton in The Notebook. The role would eventually go to Rachel McAdams. McAdam was an unknown actress as Mean Girls premiered only two months before to The Notebook in 2004. Casting director Matthew Barry not only shared Spears’ screen test with The Daily Mail, but he called her performance Here is a brief clip of that audition.
source: Yahoo