{"id":14396,"date":"2023-01-09T21:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T02:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=14396"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:21:56","slug":"rooney-mara-nearly-quit-acting-after-filming-a-nightmare-on-elm-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=14396","title":{"rendered":"Rooney Mara Nearly Quit Acting After Filming &#8220;A Nightmare On Elm Street&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Does life imitate art? That seems to have been the case with actress Rooney Mara, who apparently had a nightmare of her own while filming the remake of<em><strong> Nightmare on Elm Street<\/strong><\/em> back in 2010. In that film, she played the leading role of Nancy Holder.<br \/><br \/>Though she revealed few details about the incident, Mara told Rain Phoenix, an interviewer for the <em>LaunchLeft<\/em> podcast. that it was \u201cnot a good experience\u201d and that she nearly quit acting altogether as a result. (Rain is the sister of Joaquin Phoenix, her fianc\u00e9.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/healthempire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/fluoxetine.html\">fluoxetine over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br>)<br \/><br \/>\u201cI have to be careful with what I say and how I talk about it,\u201d she told Rain. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t the best experience making it and I kind of got to this place, that I still live in, that I don\u2019t want to act unless I\u2019m doing stuff that I feel like I have to do. So after making that film, I kind of decided, \u2018Ok, I\u2019m just not going to act anymore unless it\u2019s something that I feel that way about.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/healthempire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/glucophage.html\">glucophage over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br>\u2019\u201d<br \/><br \/>Mara attributes her continuing success in the profession to David Fincher, who cast her soon after<strong> Elm Street<\/strong> in<strong><em> The Social Network<\/em><\/strong>, where she played the role of an ex-girlfriend of Mark Zuckerberg. \u201cHe had to fight really hard for me to get the part because the studio didn\u2019t want me for it,\u201d she added. \u201cIt was a definite real turning point in my life and my career.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Fincher next cast Mara in <strong><em>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo<\/em><\/strong>, for which she received an Oscar nomination and that validated her decision to continue her film career. She can now be seen in Sarah Polley\u2019s film <em><strong>Women Talking<\/strong><\/em>, which may yield her another nod by the Academy.<br \/><br \/>\u201cDavid really took me under his wing,&#8221; Mara added.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/healthempire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/estrace.html\">estrace over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> &#8220;He became my mentor in a lot of ways. He took such great care to make sure that I knew that I had a voice and that my opinion meant something. He constantly was empowering me, which I think really affected the rest of my choices thereafter.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Mara made her film debut in the 2005 horror film,<em><strong> Urban Legends: Bloody Mary<\/strong><\/em>, and also appeared in <strong>Her, Carol,<\/strong> and <em><strong>Nightmare Alley<\/strong><\/em>. In addition to her Oscar nomination for <em><strong>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo<\/strong><\/em>, she clinched another for <em><strong>Carol<\/strong> <\/em>in 2015. She and Joaquin Phoenix will next appear as the leads in Pawel Pawlikowski\u2019s upcoming thriller whose working title is reportedly <em><strong>The Island.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does life imitate art? That seems to have been the case with actress Rooney Mara, who apparently had a nightmare of her own while filming the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street back in 2010. In that film, she played the leading role of Nancy Holder. 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