Michael Cera — who plays Allan, Ken’s buddy in 'Barbie' — shared that he almost called it quits after he shot to fame following the 2007 releases of 'Superbad' and 'Juno'
, Cera opened up about how becoming a household name at 19 had been “overwhelming” at the time.
“I didn’t know how to handle walking down the street,” the actor said. “Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your own skin, and makes you paranoid and weird. There were lots of great things about it, and I met a lot of amazing people, but there’s a lot of bad energies, too, ones that I was not equipped to handle.”
Cera noted that “drunk people” were a “classic example” of this type of negative exposure. “You know, if people are drunk, and they recognise you, and they’re very enthusiastic, but it can be kind of toxic too,” said Cera. “When you’re a kid, people also feel they can kind of grab you — they’re not that respectful of you or your physical space.” He said that at 19, “I didn’t know how to respectfully establish my own boundaries,” and that an outing to a bar aftercame out “was a mistake.
“There was a point where I wanted to stop taking jobs that would make me more famous,” he continued, adding, “I was kind of having a bit of a crisis. I was really not enjoying the level of heat. I really didn’t know if I was going to keep being an actor.” Cera also revealed that he even turned down an opportunity to host
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