Drew Barrymore is 'mortified' that Nia Long was told she 'looked too old' next to her

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Drew Barrymore was 'mortified' that Nia Long was once told she looked 'too sophisticated and too old' next to her.On The Drew Barrymore Show, the 47-year-old actress sat down with the You People star, 52, to talk about the recently resurfaced story as to why she was not originally cast in Charlie's Angels (2000).Earlier this week, Nia Long said she had auditioned to be a part of the Charlie's Angels reboot as well as the 2003 sequel but didn't get the part because she was told she 'looked too old next to Drew Barrymore'.

Shocked: Drew Barrymore, 47, was 'mortified' that Nia Long, 52, was told she looked 'too sophisticated and too old' next to herOn Friday, the two actresses sat down on the talk show to address the controversy and talk about the film franchise - which Barrymore not only starred in but produced as well in the 2000s.  'The feedback was, "My eyebrows were too sophisticated and I looked too old next to Drew,"' Long recalled about the phone call she received after auditioning.'And I was like, "What?" It just was an odd way of saying you didn't get the job.'  An honest discussion: On The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress sat down with the You People star, 52, to talk about the recently resurfaced story as to why she was not originally cast in Charlie's AngelsIn an interview published on January 20, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum told Yahoo Entertainment that she had originally auditioned for the role of Alex Munday - which later casted Lucy Liu for the role.Barrymore admitted that she was 'mortified' when she learned about Long's experience with auditioning for the franchise film.'Nan and I would never speak like that,' she said about her co-producer who founded the production company Flower Films with her..