A while ago, Taylor Momsen had a very awkward time at school, on the occasion of Spoilsport. In this endearing 2000 film, the now-singer and model played the noble Cindy Lou, a six-year-old girl who, of all the residents of the fictional Whoville, is the only one who sees the lonely Grinch instead of fearing his kindness. in his little heart. But despite being the heroine of one of the most popular Christmas films of the 21st century, Momsen couldn’t escape the ridicule of some of her colleagues.
This week in conversation with Penn Badgley – her co-star on the show gossip Girl– in the podcast Pod crushed, the 30-something celebrity revealed that kids her age sarcastically called her “Grinch Girl”. It was a nickname he got used to, he said, but he always found it “alienating” that his entire person was reduced to a nickname.
“Spoilsport It changed my life in many ways. One of them was that they kept making fun of me,” Momsen commented (via diversity). “I suspect that when I went to a new school or went somewhere else, the other kids didn’t even know my name. She was simply “Grinch Girl.” Not even [me llamaban por] “My character’s name, just ‘Grinch Girl’.”
Later when the Missouri native joined the cast of gossip Girl, in a way she still felt stigmatized by this family film directed by Ron Howard. While she owed much of her fame to Cindy Lou as a teenager, almost all of her co-stars were already showing off the maturity that comes with being in their twenties. As a result, Momsen felt out of place.
“I wasn’t right for you,” he said to Badgley. “I was the new girl. I was “Grinch Girl.” “I’ve always felt like I was in a strange, isolated world that was probably created in part by myself.”
Now the changes in Taylor Momsen’s life are the result Spoilsport They were also beneficial. She, who years ago wanted to be Hannah Montana rather than Miley Cyrus, saw her musical passion born when she sang and recorded one of the tunes from that Christmas movie. This experience made him think, “I want to make music for the rest of my life.”
“What I remember most, and what stays with me to this day, was the first time I walked into a recording studio and worked with the incredible [compositor de bandas sonoras] James Horner,” explained in 2020 (via People). “I will never forget walking into a beautiful studio with a pristine console in front of me, putting on my headphones and singing into a microphone for the first time.”Where are you at Christmas?‘».
Spoilsportstarring Jim Carrey, is currently available on Netflix.
