Pop star Britney Spears almost landed a role in “The Notebook” opposite “The Mickey Mouse Club” costar Ryan Gosling.
After the pop star landed the lead role in 2002’s “Crossroads,” she was almost cast in “The Notebook” as his love interest. Even though she was ultimately happy that she didn’t get the role, it still looks like she brought her A-game to the audition.
WATCH Britney Spears CRY During ‘The Notebook’ Audition Tape With Ryan Gosling
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Casting director Matthew Barry has been hinting for years that Britney Spears handed in an audition tape for “The Notebook” and now she finally gave it to the Daily Mail to see just in time for her memoir, “The Woman In Me,” to hit. bookshelves everywhere. At that time, Britney was only 21 years old when she did a screen test with the “Barbie” actress.
Many other female celebrities tried out for the role, including Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, and Claire Danes. However, the role eventually went to Rachel McAdams. In a strange twist of fate, Jessica Biel, who didn’t get the role, married Britney Spears’ ex, Justin Timberlake, in 2012 and the two now share two children together.
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During Britney’s two-and-a-half-minute audition, she cried in front of Gosling as they rehearsed a scene together. Britney, wearing a white lace top, began the scene by saying, “I’m not staying. I tried to call you to tell you that I won’t be staying, but no one answered the phone.” Britney starts to get more and more emotional as the scene continues, starting to cry real tears.
“Noah, you can’t marry two people. And I’m getting married to Lon, so I have to go, okay?” he continued. “I pray that you die in battle, really. Well, not dead. I would feel terrible if you were to die. But I kind of don’t want you to live anymore because I can’t bear the thought of you with someone else, or we never meet again. So I have to go, okay?”
Britney’s Audition Tape ‘Blew Away’ The Producers… Even Though She Didn’t Get The Role
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Matthew Barry told the outlet that Britney’s performance “devastated” the film’s producers; however, Rachel McAdams gave a screen test that ultimately wowed the producers and won her the role. Despite this, Britney still left a strong impression on Barry who stated that the pop star was “not just good” but “phenomenal.” Although the audition took place in a Los Angeles studio on August 18, 2002, he still remembers it clearly, saying, “It was a difficult decision. Britney got us all going. Our jaws are on the floor. I was fascinated. Absolutely blown away. He brought His game that day.”
“The Notebook” is based on the 1996 novel written by Nicholas Sparks and tells the story of a girl named Allie and a boy named Noah who fall in love in the 1940s before their disapproving family separates them. The two reunited years later, when Allie became engaged to a wealthy businessman named Lon Hammond Jr. starring James Marsden. All the actors who auditioned for the role were presented with the same scene – where Noah pressures Allie to decide which guy she really wants to be with.
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“Britney beat out some of the leading actresses at the time. Scarlett Johansson, Claire Danes, Kate Bosworth, Amy Adams, Jamie King, and Mandy Moore auditioned for the role. Britney beats them all. Everybody who was anybody that year wanted this part,” Barry said, noting that Jessica Biel was filming “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” at the time and taped auditions in her trailer between takes.
Fans can watch the audition tape on the Daily Mail website.
Britney Spears ‘Glad’ She Wasn’t Cast in ‘The Notebook’
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In an excerpt from her memoir, “The Woman In Me,” released by People magazine, the “Toxic” singer admitted, “The Notebook casting came down to me and Rachel McAdams, and while it would have been fun to reconnect with Ryan Gosling after our on The Mickey Mouse Club, I’m glad I didn’t. If I had, instead of working on my In the Zone album, I’d be acting like a 1940s heiress day and night.”
In another part of her memoir, she recalls how she became a “mess” during her experience with method acting on the set of the 2002 film “Crossroads,” which opened in theaters on October 23 and October 25 for two days of fans. event.
Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman In Me” is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
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