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Melissa Joan Hart is opening up about what she considers ‘one of the worst days’ of her life
At the premiere for her 1999 film Drive Me Crazy, the actress can be seen in photographs with bloodshot eyes while standing next to Britney Spears
A night that should have been a celebration ended up being filled with bad news
Melissa Joan Hart teamed up with Betches to look back at some of her career highlights
Hart recalled the night of the Drive Me Crazy premiere, which was full of highs and lows
Hart opened up about how she was initially cast in Scary Movie and how she lost the role
Melissa Joan Hart is looking back at a chaotic night in her career.
The actress, 49, appeared on Betches’ Picture Day, looking back at iconic photos from throughout her career.
Discussing a photo where she poses with Britney Spears at the Drive Me Crazy premiere, Hart notes, “If you look at my eyes, they’re very bloodshot because this was what I would consider, if you read my book, one of the worst days of my life at the time.”
Hart explains that she and Spears were doing press for the film together. While others took in the film, she was set to travel to Vancouver to shoot Scary Movie.
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“I was supposed to be this small part in the beginning, that’s like the Drew Barrymore knockoff part, but they decided when I did the fitting that I didn’t have big enough boobs for that part,” she recalls.
“I’m driving to the airport and back in those days you had, the cell phone in the limo, and I got a call, and it was like, ‘Turn around, go back to your premiere. You’ve been fired from the movie.’ “
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Melissa Joan Hart and Britney Spears at “Drive Me Crazy” New York premiere
Hart says she wasn’t entirely upset because she could go back to the premiere, but had already had tears leaving her family behind to head to the shoot.
“So I was already crying and waiting for everyone to finish the movie and come on over. And when they get there, my lawyer meets up with me first and says, ‘Because of your cover of Maxim magazine, you’re being fired from your show.’ “
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Carmen Electra in “Scary Movie”
While Hart was ultimately able to hold on to her role in Sabrina, The Teenage Witch after her racy photo shoot, in that moment she believed her biggest role to date was over. Further, her Scary Movie role went to Carmen Electra.
“So then I really start crying. And then my dad comes and hugs me. And I don’t see my dad often, so like for him to hug me? I was, like, ‘Oh my God, my dad’s hugging me.’ It was just a dramatic night.”
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