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Nia Longis dismissing “the biggest fattest lie” that she turned down a role inCharlie’s Angels— and sharing the real reason why she did not costar withDrew Barrymorein the 2000 action movie.
In a recent interview withYahoo! Entertainmentpublished last Friday, Long, 52, denied an internet rumor that she passed on a starring role inCharlie’s Angelsto instead makeMartin Lawrence’sBig Momma’s Houseduring a wide-ranging conversation about her career and new movieMissing.
“Charlie’s Angelsdid not want me because they said I looked too sophisticated and too old next to Drew Barrymore,” Long told the outlet. Barrymore, 47, is five years younger than Long.
“But listen, I thoughtLucy Liuwas great in that role,” the actor continued. “When I went back and looked at it, I was like, ‘Whoa, she’s really doing some stunts.’ I don’t know if I was quite ready for that.”
“I don’t, you can’t do everything, and every opportunity isn’t for you,” she added of the missed opportunity. “And as much as it would’ve been fun to play that character, I thinkBig Momma’s Housewas probably more fun for me.”
Drew Barrymore inCharlie’s Angels(2000).Darren Michaels/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Elsewhere in Long’s interview with Yahoo, the actress said “all the rules are broken” in her new thriller movieMissingwithA Wrinkle in Time’sStorm Reid.
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“Everything that you think that you know about the process of filmmaking, all the rules are broken in this,” she added in the interview. “And what’s really exciting is we are now reminded of how much technology runs our lives, but also there’s another way of expressing this art that doesn’t have to be so shiny and pretty and perfect, and that we can get closer to the real world that we live in.”
Missingis in theaters now.
source: people.com
