Rooney Mara, Hollywood’s enigmatic leading lady, has always let her work speak for itself.
Despite her on-camera successes, she’s not a fan of the limelight.
In a 2013Vogueinterview, she said she finds the whole red carpet experience a nightmare.
“There are all these photographers, and they’re all screaming at you,” she explained.
It’s like then I have to walk into my other nightmare!"
Because Mara is generally a private person, there’s a lot about her that fans might not know.
Here’s the untold truth of Rooney Mara.
“I hated it,” she told Meyers, who then proceeded to ask why.
Even in 2013, Mara said she still hadn’t overcome her fear of live performing.
“I would like to do a play someday,” she toldVogue.
“But I find it really scary.
I hate being onstage.”
She noted, “I always get nervous in the beginning.
But you know, it’s so intimate [that] you get used to it.”
“It couldn’t have been more exciting for me.
It’s an experience I hold very dear to my heart,” she told theHuffPostof her 2006 episode.
“Auditioning is like going on a job interview.
I’m really not,” she toldVogue.
“She’s just an incredibly multi-layered character.”
In the book series, the heroine is full of the latter especially.
Mara got multiple piercings on her face and body, including in her eyebrow and right nipple.
Fake piercings were an option, but apparently not for the committed actress.
She toldAllurethe piercings helped her get into character and not feel like she was in costume.
She shared, “I come from such a huge family, so maybe it’s that.
Maybe it comes from going to Christmas and having 30 people all in your face at once.”
Even now as an adult, the actress can find public appearances to be overwhelming.
“ForDragon Tattoo,I had eight different premieres, this many different photo calls.
It’s a lot to plan for.
It’s not like you might just show up,” she toldVoguein 2013.
He continued, “We were just friends, email friends.
I’d never done that.
Never looked up a girl online.”
And she actually liked him, too.
After three years of dating, the couple became engaged in 2019, according toUs Weekly.
Interestingly, Mara initially declined a part in the film.
“I had done four films in a row and was exhausted,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
I didn’t think I’d be good in it."
She noted, “I felt very comfortable around Cate.”
“I never really liked my first name,” Mara toldPaper.
“I never felt like a Tricia.
And Rooney is more memorable.”
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Growing up watching Broadway musicals likeLes MiserablesandRentcaptivated a young Mara.
“That’s actually why I started acting,” she toldVogue.
“But let me tell you, it’s going to come out!”
Kate toldABC Newsshe didn’t have any acting friends before her sister came along.
In a 2017 interview withVogue, Rooney Mara said her sister has a “better personality” than her.
“People like her more,” she added.
Mara’s not alone in not always wanting to see her work.
According toEntertainment Weekly, there are dozens of actors who hate watching themselves on screen, including Adam Driver.
“It really changed my life,” she toldVoguein a 2013 interview.
She explained that after that experience, she no longer wanted to attend college.
“What am I going to do join a sorority and go to frat parties?”
