Anne Hathaway<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s dreams of pop stardom in Mother Mary<\/em> almost turned into a nightmare.<\/p>\n The Oscar winner plays the titular character in the recent A24 psychological thriller<\/a>, which follows a pop superstar\u2019s fractured relationship with her former BFF and costume designer (played by Michaela Coel<\/strong>) while on the comeback trail.<\/p>\n Hathaway, 43, sings and dances in the film, but she admitted she nearly walked off the movie after seeing early footage of herself performing original songs written by Jack Antonoff<\/strong>, Charli XCX<\/strong> and FKA Twigs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is really bad\u2026 I don\u2019t know that I can ask people to come to see this,\u201d Hathaway recalled thinking at the time, she said in an interview with Elle<\/em><\/a> published on Thursday, May 21.<\/p>\n Per Elle<\/em>, Hathaway went home to her husband, Adam Shulman<\/strong><\/a>, and declared that she was going to leave the film.<\/p>\n Eventually, however, \u201cI came to the conclusion that there would be no shame if I was fired, but there would be if I quit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Hathaway also told the outlet that she continued to work on her singing skills after the film finished shooting and rerecorded her vocals a year after production ended.<\/p>\n The actress recalled Antonoff\u2019s reaction when she returned to the studio: \u201cHe whipped his head at me goes, \u2018You have been working.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Hathaway recently offered rare insight into her marriage with Shulman<\/a>, 45, with whom she shares sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6.<\/p>\n \u201cHe supports me completely. This year in particular was unusual. He and I both know that it\u2019s probably never going to happen like this again,\u201d she told People<\/em> in April, referring to her busy year. (Her movies this year include Mother Mary<\/em>, The Devil Wears Prada 2,<\/em> Christopher Nolan<\/strong>\u2019s epic The Odyssey<\/em><\/a> and Colleen Hoover<\/strong> adaptation Verity<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n
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