Her performance received rave reviews, and she was nominated for an Emmy.
(The award ultimately went to co-star Jennifer Coolidge.)
“It was awesome.
“Why wouldn’t you feel excited about it?
I’ll talk about it for the rest of my life.”
“I was not an emotional kid, but I really sort of felt things.
You were taught to flex those muscles.
This was especially difficult for Daddario.
“I didn’t want to cry in front of all these people.
“And I didn’t want to divulge one of my saddest moments.
That’s so personal.”
In a June 2014 chat withInterviewmagazine, Daddario looked back on an audition for a Got Milk?
ad spot that stuck with her for all the wrong reasons.
“I must have been 13 or 14 and … the audition was me and one other guy.
At the time, Daddario didn’t fully recognize how questionable this whole setup was until she was older.
She continued, “I’m absolutely positive my parents didn’t know that was what the audition was.
It was a little weird.
Acting is a really strange thing.
“The soap opera life was great,” she toldSchon!in July 2021.
Sadly, Daddario was fired from the show after just a year.
She wouldn’t book another credited role until 2005.
“I wasn’t a very good actress.
However, Daddario didn’t let this discourage her.
Rather, it inspired her to keep at it.
“I knew something was wrong, but I knew I could fix it.
I knew that I loved what I did and that I could be better,” she said.
After that, she was invited to star in 2013’s “Texas Chainsaw 3D.”
What’s more, making the movie was anything but easy on its leading lady.
In a July 2021 chat withCollider, Daddario hinted at unnamed behind-the-scenes problems that loomed over the whole production.
“There were a lot of challenges on that project.
There’s issues on everything, but these were more severe,” she said.
The performance generated a lot of buzz, but not necessarily for the reasons she’d hoped.
After she signed on, Daddario learned her character was supposed to do a nude scene.
In her aforementioned conversation with Interview magazine, she explained her initial apprehension.
When asked about the audience’s reaction to the scene, Daddario replied, “It’s very flattering.
But it’s not something I give a shot to think about too much.”
As Daddario told Collider in July 2021, “I didn’t know what to expect.
And then of course that episode aired and my manager called, and I’ll never forget it.
So no, I would have never expected that from that role.
It was tactical, but not that tactical.”
“It feels really surreal as a teenager I could never really get guys and I was pretty nerdy.
Now I feel like I’m getting my revenge by being a Baywatch babe.
I’m like, ‘You could have had this and now look at me,'” she said.
Like everyone else, I want to be happy so that’s what I’m looking for.”
“Baywatch” might’ve raked in the cash, but it also raked in abysmal reviews.
“‘Baywatch’ was very sad for me because there was so much hinging on it.
But life goes on,” she said.
Daddario also touched on the ebbs and flows that come with this line of work.
“There’s been times in my career that I think my career is over.
You do a string of bad movies.
In October 2017, Daddario alluded to her own story on X, formerly known asTwitter.
“I want other women to know it’s okay to speak up.
I know how it feels to be too scared to.
Let’s change the stigma.
#MeToo,” she wrote.
Daddario hasn’t revealed the extent of the misconduct she’s experienced.
“I’ve had my own problems.
But not with anyone who’s been spoken about in the press,” she told Be (viaYahoo!
Lifestyle) in 2018.
“I know that I’ve had that problem where I’ve been afraid of speaking up.
Afraid that no one will believe me, afraid of the repercussions.”
Daddario added at the time that she still wasn’t “fully ready to talk publicly about things.”
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… [Rachel’s] reasons to be unhappy are completely legitimate.
But on paper, she doesn’t feel like she has a reason.
In a January 2022 chat withForbes, Daddario once again touched on her connection to the role.
Alexandra Daddario is anothercelebrity who has dealt with a terrifying stalkersituation.
In February 2022, a man named David Cako showed up to her home unannounced.
According to a statement obtained byRadar, the incident left her in a state of “emotional distress.”
“I did not recognize him.
He did not say anything.
Daddario shut the door, but Cako stayed in her front yard.
Daddario called the police.
Cako was arrested after cops found a gun in his car, but he posted bond shortly after.
When she learned of his release, Daddario left her house.
“I’m a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence,” Daddario said.
However, Daddario also sees that there is still beauty in being imperfect.
“I am drawn to things that feel beautiful, sophisticated and powerful.
But it’s about embracing all the different parts of yourself.”
