Rooney Mara has mentioned that engaged on the A Nightmare On Elm Avenue remake in 2010 nearly ended her appearing profession.
The actor, who has gone on to be nominated for 2 Oscars since, mentioned that making the Samuel Bayer led movie was “not expertise”. Mara went on to inform LaunchLeft podcast [as per IndieWire] that she wasn’t “going to behave anymore” except she felt a sure manner a few undertaking.
She informed the podcast: “A couple of years earlier than [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo], I had finished [the] A Nightmare on Elm Avenue remake, which was not expertise. I’ve to watch out with what I say and the way I discuss it. It wasn’t the perfect expertise making it.
“And, I type of obtained to this place, that I nonetheless stay in, that I don’t wish to act except I’m doing stuff that I really feel like I’ve to do. So after making that movie, I type of determined, ‘OK, I’m simply not going to behave anymore except it’s one thing that I really feel that manner about’.”
Shifting the story on, she revealed that it was David Fincher that helped her to persevere within the business. The Social Community director solid Mara within the 2010 film, after which went on to work together with her in smash-hit The Lady With The Dragon Tattoo.
Mara mentioned: “I obtained an audition for The Social Community, which was a small half nevertheless it was a tremendous scene, after which I didn’t work once more from that till I feel Dragon Tattoo. David didn’t wish to audition me for it as a result of he didn’t assume I used to be proper for it primarily based on what I did in The Social Community.
“I type of insisted they put me on tape anyway so I did, after which he needed to combat actually onerous for me to get the half as a result of the studio didn’t need me for it. It was a particular actual turning level in my life and my profession.”
Regardless of these preliminary wobbles with Fincher, Mara credit Fincher for “empowering” her inside Hollywood. She defined that working with the director on each movies modified how she seen the appearing enterprise, saying: “David actually took me below his wing. He grew to become my mentor in numerous methods.
“He took such nice care to guarantee that I knew that I had a voice and that my opinion meant one thing. He continually was empowering me, which I feel actually affected the remainder of my decisions thereafter.”