"I watched him growing up, I loved 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,'" she said of the 1981 film (she was 3 when the movie came out). "It was like my favorite movie of all time, not just my favorite Harrison Ford movie, but my favorite movie of all time. And so it was intimidating at first."
Rachel, whose character Becky is a television producer trying to revive a struggling morning show with two aging and kooky hosts played by Harrison and Diane Keaton - said she never told Harrison what a devotee she was of his work while filming."I didn't bring it up," she laughed. "I still haven't mentioned that."
There is a scene in the film though, where she was able to draw from her love of Harrison and his work, to make the scene better. "That scene where I have to fawn all over him in the elevator actually came quite easily, so I didn't even have to do much acting," she smiled. "But he's very sweet and he's actually kind of a real teddy bear and lovely to work with."
"Morning Glory" hits theaters on November 10.
Canadian actress Rachel McAdams first came to the attention of U.S. audiences playing a pair of über-bitchy teen queens in both "The Hot Chick" (2004) and "Mean Girls" (2004). Thanks to those rather harsh characters, audiences were understandably surprised by her effectively heartwarming performances in the sentimental romance "The Notebook" (2004) and as a likeable girl-next-door in the mega comedy smash, "Wedding Crashers" (2005). The sometimes blonde, sometimes brunette, sometimes pink-haired actress enjoyed roles just as unpredictable as her appearance, delivering all of them with the same sparkling panache as her flair for personal style. She turned to horror for the compelling "Red Eye" (2005) McAdams threw moviegoers for a loop yet again with starring roles in the retro thriller "Married Life" (2008) and an adaptation of the bestselling novel "The Traveler's Wife" (2008), before playing a junior reporter in the political thriller, "State of Play" (2009). Thanks to wide-ranging performances and an utterly likable onscreen persona, McAdams kept audiences on their toes in a variety of films.
Rachel McAdams was born on Oct. 7, 1978 in London, Ontario and was raised in the nearby town of St. Thomas. She began figure skating at the age of four and competed in the sport all the way through high school, earning regional honors. At 10 years old, she also became involved with the Original Kids Theatre Company in London, appearing in productions of Shakespeare and other classics. She won her first acting award in 1995 when a high school play "I Live In A Little Town" was featured in the Ontario Showcase of the Sears Drama Festival. McAdams had not planned to pursue acting beyond her high school graduation in 1997, but thanks to the encouragement of a teacher, she entered the Drama program at York University in Toronto.
McAdams remained in Toronto after college, with the town's burgeoning production industry proving a great place to start making inroads to TV and film. She made her first onscreen performance in "The Famous Jett Jackson" (Disney, 1998-2002) as Hannah, the bulimic older sister of one of the main characters. A breakout role in the Canadian feature "Perfect Pie" hinted that the actress had much bigger Hollywood potential. Many actors who tried to transfer international success to the American screen suffered years of struggle, but McAdams had a unique, genuine charisma that landed her a big role as soon as she ventured to Hollywood. she was cast in a starring role in "The Hot Chick", a teen comedy.
McAdams was on the hunt for imaginative scripts with challenging characters and her search paid off with "The Notebook" , a star-crossed period romance. An effectively sentimental and emotional film, "The Notebook" proved to be McAdams' breakout performance - the actress popped off the screen in nearly every scene she was in, running the full spectrum of emotion, and embodying a mature, classic Hollywood star quality that made directors take notice.
McAdams had a banner year in 2009 with three major releases. The year started with "State of Play," a political thriller in which she played a reporter who helps a colleague (Russell Crowe) uncover a murder tied to a U.S. congressman (Ben Affleck). She next took a romantic lead opposite Eric Bana in the dramatic fantasy, "The Time Traveler's Wife" and rounded out the productive year with "Sherlock Holmes", playing femme fatale and love interest to the famous detective (Robert Downey, Jr.).
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