Taylor Momsen was only 7 years old when she starred as Cindy Lou Who opposite Jim Carrey in Ron Howard's 2000 Christmas blockbuster “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” It was a breakout role that earned Momsen a Saturn Award nomination for best performance by a younger actor, but it also led to bullying in school.
Momsen, who was 7 years old when she played Cindy Lou Who in 2000's “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” says kids teased her for her work in the movie. “Making friends was always challenging for me,” she said on the Sept.
Momsen said one of her favorite moments from the set was the chance to work with Jim Carrey, who played the Grinch. “I just remember him being so kind, so concerned, but so methodical with what he was doing,” Momsen recalled about the now-58-year-old.
She also experienced other “on-set firsts,” including wearing a wig, fake teeth, and fake eyelashes for the very first time, making the incomparable look of the Whos characters. But this transformation and the success of the movie made a huge impact on her personal life.
The entire cast wore facial prosthetics as part of their costumes - except for Taylor Momsen, who played young Cindy Lou in the Christmas classic. Taylor, now 30, told The Today Show: "I do remember having a lot of fun on that set.
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Why doesn t Taylor Momsen have tattoos?
Despite her bad-girl persona and ear full of piercings, Taylor Momsen has only one tattoo – a tiny black star on her left side which she has had since she was 16 years old. She dismisses the tattoo as something that she did when she was “really drunk and really young” and has said that she has no plans for more ink.
Jim opened up about what it was like getting into the Grinch costume and makeup, which took eight and a half hours to do on the first day, said it was like "being buried alive every day." It caused him to almost quit.
Who was supposed to be the Grinch instead of Jim Carrey?
After all, Jim Carrey took a rather understated character from a cartoon and turned him into something almost entirely his. Yet, when the studio was doing initial casting, Eddie Murphy and Jack Nicholson were the first names to come up, according to Vulture and ScreenCrush.
Jenny eventually learned how to become her own person, but the journey to get there was exhausting, to say the least. And surprisingly, Taylor Momsen, who played Jenny in Gossip Girl, was the same age as her character (14 years old) while filming season 1.
What happened to the girl who played Cindy Lou Hoo?
Prior to her retirement from acting, she portrayed the character of Cindy Lou Who in the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Jenny Humphrey on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012). Momsen has been the frontwoman of the American rock band the Pretty Reckless since their inception in 2009.
Despite reports online claiming a sequel to 2000's live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas was in the works with Carrey attached to return, a rep for the actor tells PEOPLE those reports are inaccurate. "There is no truth to Jim reprising his role as the Grinch in a sequel to The Grinch," Carrey's rep said.
Before Carrey was cast as the Grinch, Jack Nicholson and Eddie Murphy were both considered. Josh Ryan Evans as the eight-year-old Grinch (his final film role before his death in 2002).
The newer additions to the Grinch's legacy are excellent ones, but the 1966 film will always be the classic. It is the one in which Dr. Seuss was involved as a lyricist for the songs, and it's the one that feels the most like his famous children's book.
Taylor Momsen wants to settle down and have children. The Pretty Reckless singer - who performed at the this year's Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday - wants to get married and start a family in the future but is waiting for the ''perfect person''.
