Neve Campbell may be standing tall in her new movieSkyscraper, but she wasn’t always this confident in Hollywood.The actress, 44, appeared on Tuesday night’s episode ofThe Late Show, where she opened up toStephen Colbertabout her decision to take a temporary leave from Hollywood.“Ten years ago, you had the world on a string,” Colbert said. “And then you left. You went to London. Why don’t you like us, Neve Campbell?”“I needed a minute,” the star responded. “In my 20s, it all hit so fast and so big that it was a little overwhelming. I just wasn’t interested in the scripts and I was feeling a bit unhappy with the things that were coming to me and I was feeling a little bored of the whole thing and I thought, ‘I want a change.'”Colbert recalled that Campbell had starred in many successful projects includingParty of Five, theScreammovies,The Craft, season 4 ofHouse of Cardsand even hostingSaturday Night Live.Surprisingly, before getting into life as an actress, the Canadian actress admitted that she was very unfamiliar with American pop culture. When theScreamstar hostedSaturday Night Livein 1997, she revealed that hadn’t seen the show very often and pretended to knowDavid Bowie, the musical guest on that night.“I was terrified! And then I found out that my musician was David Bowie, and my friend was like, ‘David Bowie? Oh, my God!’ And I was like, ‘Who’s David Bowie?’ I had no idea. That experience was so wasted on me, because I was clueless!”The host couldn’t believe that such a star could lead a normal life without being recognized while living in London.“I was completely anonymous there. I literally did not get bothered once. People would ask me what I did for a living. I’d say, ‘I act’ and they’d say, ‘Oh, okay,” Campbell laughed. “It was so lovely.”The star will joinDwayne Johnsonin the upcoming action filmSkyscraper, opening Friday.
Neve Campbell may be standing tall in her new movieSkyscraper, but she wasn’t always this confident in Hollywood.
The actress, 44, appeared on Tuesday night’s episode ofThe Late Show, where she opened up toStephen Colbertabout her decision to take a temporary leave from Hollywood.
“Ten years ago, you had the world on a string,” Colbert said. “And then you left. You went to London. Why don’t you like us, Neve Campbell?”
“I needed a minute,” the star responded. “In my 20s, it all hit so fast and so big that it was a little overwhelming. I just wasn’t interested in the scripts and I was feeling a bit unhappy with the things that were coming to me and I was feeling a little bored of the whole thing and I thought, ‘I want a change.'”
Colbert recalled that Campbell had starred in many successful projects includingParty of Five, theScreammovies,The Craft, season 4 ofHouse of Cardsand even hostingSaturday Night Live.
Surprisingly, before getting into life as an actress, the Canadian actress admitted that she was very unfamiliar with American pop culture. When theScreamstar hostedSaturday Night Livein 1997, she revealed that hadn’t seen the show very often and pretended to knowDavid Bowie, the musical guest on that night.
“I was terrified! And then I found out that my musician was David Bowie, and my friend was like, ‘David Bowie? Oh, my God!’ And I was like, ‘Who’s David Bowie?’ I had no idea. That experience was so wasted on me, because I was clueless!”
The host couldn’t believe that such a star could lead a normal life without being recognized while living in London.
“I was completely anonymous there. I literally did not get bothered once. People would ask me what I did for a living. I’d say, ‘I act’ and they’d say, ‘Oh, okay,” Campbell laughed. “It was so lovely.”
The star will joinDwayne Johnsonin the upcoming action filmSkyscraper, opening Friday.
source: people.com
