Land Of The Lost’s Anna Friel rejected recording deal with Simon Cowell
Ξ July 23rd, 2009 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Music, Simon Cowell |
Land Of The Lost star Anna Friel has admitted that she twice turned down a recording contract with Simon Cowell.
Friel, 32, found fame in British soap Brookside and has gone on to win international fame after playing the lead role of Chuck, in US sitcom Pushing Daisies.
She is currently starring in new movie Land Of The Lost alongside Will Ferrell.
Friel revealed that American Idol boss Simon Cowell twice offered her a recording contract, but she refused.
“He [Cowell] offered it to me twice. I was about 19 and he’d heard me sing. I’d just left Brookside and was very flattered, but I wouldn’t be here now if I’d said yes,? she said.
“You can either say, ‘I want to be a singer and I’m willing to be moulded when I sign one of those contracts, or I can keep the acting path ongoing.
?It might take me a lot longer to make the money he’s offering or to create that kind of fame, but I’ll have longevity.’
?I bumped into him in New York about five years ago, and he said: ‘Well done, Ms Friel, clever girl. You said no.’”
Source: Splash News