Lily Allen has revealed she unsuccessfully auditioned for a task in hit HBO sequence The White Lotus.
Talking not too long ago on her Miss Me? podcast with Miquita Oliver, the ‘Smile’ singer mentioned the audition was a part of a broader transfer to “put herself on the market extra” in her appearing profession, and shared she had a purpose of starring in a “UK detective drama”.
Her earlier appearing roles have included a stint in West Finish performs 2:22: A Ghost Story and The Pillowman, whereas she made her small display screen debut in 2023 in Sky Atlantic comedy Dreamland.
Referring to her flip to appearing, Allen advised listeners she hadn’t “auditioned for something actually”, however added: “I did do a self-tape for The White Lotus and clearly didn’t get it. However I’m a bit fearful of doing self-tapes.”
She has not but revealed which function she auditioned for.
“I feel perhaps now I’d do them as a result of I don’t suppose folks give as a lot of a shit about me anymore,” she continued. “Again within the day, I didn’t like the thought of casting workplaces having a tape of me in case they’d share it with different folks. Now I don’t actually subscribe to that concern a lot, I don’t actually care.”
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In the meantime, Allen additionally took to her podcast to defend Rachel Zegler for her main function in Snow White not too long ago, criticising Jonah Platt – the son of the movie’s producer Marc Platt – for blaming the actor for the movie’s poor efficiency.
Talking concerning the newest Disney live-action remake, Allen and Oliver explored how the main actor has been getting an enormous adverse response – partially because of her voicing her help for Palestine.
The movie has had a disastrous opening in cinemas, making simply $42.2million within the US, effectively beneath expectations contemplating the movie’s estimated $240–270million price range. It might additionally obtain one of many lowest scores ever on IMDb (Web Film Database), presently sitting at 1.6 out of 10 from user-submitted scores.
Allen highlighted the hypocrisy of followers criticising Zegler for sharing her political outlook, as a result of “by way of Disney movies, it’s at all times fairly central to anybody’s character that they arise for what they consider in.”
“Isn’t it that the protagonist often has some form of wrestle the place they’ve to face up in adversity? So [Platt] can go fuck himself principally,” she mentioned.
