Brie Larson has already kicked off an amazing leading lady career after gaining recognition for her supporting roles during her teenage years. However, her journey to be in the center of the spotlight was quite rough as she met thousands of rejections. It happened long before she established herself in a great position in the industry.
The actress gained major acclaim for portraying a kidnapping victim in the 2015 drama film, Room. Given that the role demanded a real struggle from the actress, she opened up about how her rejections helped her in navigating her distress for the role. Not just that, she also threw light on what kind of rejections she received after her auditions.
Brie Larson Shared Her Thoughts on Facing Numerous Rejections in Her Acting Career
While superstardom for Brie Larson is now her daily life, it was something quite foreign to her during her initial years. She even had little hope about getting such fame because she was facing constant rejections from Hollywood.
In an interview with Thrillist while promoting her film, Room, she reflected on the failures she faced in her life.
She shared at the time,
“The one I’ve been thinking about a lot is… I don’t even want to know how many times I’ve auditioned for things.”
She continued to give an estimation of the auditions that she went for and even talked about not getting booked for many jobs.
“Like, I’m sure it’s close to tens of thousands of auditions since I was seven until now. And if you look at my IMDb, I didn’t get ten thousand jobs.”
The Fast X star talked about getting hurt by several times which would be disheartening especially when she faced constant failures. What broke her heart was the objectification Hollywood gave her for not getting booked for gigs.
“So imagine all of those no’s and how many times that really hurt, being told that I was too tall or I was too short or I didn’t have blue eyes. All of these things that accumulated in me as a huge sense of pain and rejection, just constant, constant, constant everyday rejection.”
Despite the odds stacked against her, she continued to give her best and eventually made a name for herself in the industry.
Brie Larson Named a Few of Her Projects That She Didn’t Get!
While the actress has faced quite a stack of hurdles in her life before kicking off the best time of her acting career, she once shared the list of projects that slipped right through her hand.
On her Youtube channel, she uploaded a video three years ago naming some of the projects she auditioned for but didn’t end up well for her.
She auditioned for projects like Brink, Smart House, Spy Kids, and The Hunger Games.
She added,
“I don’t have the language to describe the emotions every step of the way that I felt and how devastated I felt. And there were times that I quit.”
She even tried her luck to land a role in major projects like Avatar, Pitch Perfect, Star Wars, and Marvel films, including Iron Man 2 and Thor. After facing too many hardships and failures, Larson eventually made her place in the industry and not to mention, became one of the leading superheroes in the MCU.
She is set to reprise her Captain Marvel role in the upcoming The Marvels which will be released in the United States on November 10, 2023.
Source: Thrillist
