Greta Lee Says a Producer Confused Her With Greta Gerwig

Greta Lee is recalling the “humiliation” of being confused with director Greta Gerwig.

The Past Lives actress, 40, revealed that she was initially handed over for her position within the A24 romantic drama — and a subsequent mix-up with the Barbie director, additionally 40, made the rejection sting that rather more.

“This crazy thing happened that just added to the humiliation of it all,” Lee informed actor Andrew Scott through the pair’s Variety “Actors on Actors” interview, printed on Wednesday, December 13. “I got this phone call from this producer saying they needed to meet to discuss something really exciting and important and it was very urgent. For whatever reason I assumed I got the job [on Past Lives] … and then I listened to the voicemail again and it was for Greta Gerwig.”

Scott, 47, was shocked on the anecdote and exclaimed, “You’re joking me!”

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“I’m not,” Lee replied. “I wish I was, but that really happened.”

She continued, “They just mixed us up. I don’t know if they just Googled our names and our phone numbers are out there.”

The Morning Show actress stated the incident prompted her to lastly settle for the truth that she wouldn’t be a a part of Past Lives.

“It couldn’t have been clearer to me at that time … that it just wasn’t going to be mine,” Lee recalled.

After a second audition with author and director Celine Song, nonetheless, Lee booked the position of Nora. Lee defined that she was requested to have a digital assembly with Song one yr after her first audition as a result of casting producers had been now “looking for older actors.”

“It really was one of those vulnerable and exposing moments because there was no time to engineer a brilliant performance,” Lee stated of the last-minute assembly.

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She then joked, “It was one of those rare moments where I felt like, ‘This job is already Greta Gerwig’s, so I’m just going to do exactly what I could do in my dreams.’”

After Lee learn scenes with Song, 35, on a video name, the director supplied her the position on the spot.

“It’s wild,” Lee recalled. “It’s too much.”

Past Lives, which is about two childhood pals who reconnect after a few years aside, premiered in June and has obtained six 2024 Golden Globe nominations, together with finest drama movie, fueling much more Oscar buzz. Lee was additionally nominated for her efficiency.