Rejections are a part and parcel of every Hollywood celebrity’s life. It is a place of sparse opportunities, especially opportunities that can make a real difference in one’s career trajectory. In such a cutthroat industry, losing out on even one role stings, as it might be the difference between whether you make it big or not. Brie Larson would be thankful that she is an exception to this rule, having clawed her way back despite being on the wrong side of various auditions.
Brie Larson had to face her fair share of rejections back in the day
Brie Larson has gone through a struggle. She once admitted that she had lost count of the roles she had failed to bag. The last thing she wanted was to be reminded about her unsuccessful rodeos at auditions.
The Kong: Skull Island star once told the Thrillist,
“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. 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, 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.”
There was one role whose loss stung her the most.
The one which hurt Brie Larson the most
The Avengers: Endgame star started a YouTube channel, giving her fans a sneak peek into her personal and professional life. In one of these videos, she opened up a bit about the rejections she faced. One of the rejections which stung her the most was Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch.
The 33-year-old had to face rejection in the interview for the 2011 film, which would eventually feature Emily Browning, Jena Malone, and Abbie Cornish amongst other stars. She was broken at the time. There were moments when she felt like quitting seemed like the only option. As she would remark,
“Life is indeed full of heartbreaks.”
None of this was enough to deter Captain Marvel though.
Not one to be disheartened
The Scott Pilgrim vs World star did not let all these rejections get to her and dishearten her. These rejections would act as her fuel, driving her to push on. As she would later remark,
“If I was some person who had never experienced pain in their life, imagine how confusing it would be to play a dramatic role.”
She continued,
“All of those pains, all of those times that it took me through some sort of dark night of the soul, are the reasons why I can do a Room, the reason why I can do a Short Term 12.”
Losing out on Sucker Punch turned out to be for the better in the end.
Source: Cheat Sheet
