Stars Who Have Regretted Taking Certain Roles Over the Years: Shailene Woodley, Channing Tatum and More

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Reconsidering the past? Some actors aren’t proud of every project they’ve been a part of — even the ones that skyrockets their careers.Shailene Woodley scored her big break on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, but the experience came with its own issues.

After playing teen mother Amy Juergens from 2008 until 2013, Woodley later revealed that she felt “stuck” on the former ABC Family series.“To this day, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” the Big Little Lies alum explained to Bustle in April 2020, referring to the teen drama’s pro-abstinence message.Although Woodley initially agreed with the story that was being told, she eventually found herself questioning the path her character took.“When I signed onto Secret Life, I read [three] episodes and I signed a contract for six years,” the Emmy nominee recalled. “[Those episodes] all hit home.

I had friends in high school who were pregnant. It felt like everything that I wanted to be sending into the world.”The consequences Amy faced after having premarital sex were seen as a warning for the other characters — and even to viewers — which Woodley didn’t agree with.“There were a lot of things that were written into the scripts that not just me, but a lot of the cast, disagreed with,” she added at the time. “There were belief systems that were pushed that were different than my own.

Yet legally, I was stuck there.”As a result, the Divergent star decided to explore more adult roles that felt more authentic to her personal opinions, noting, “Being on Secret Life propelled me to be more vocal about my own belief systems.”Jennette McCurdy, who is best known for her role as Sam Puckett on iCarly, also recalled feeling “deeply unhappy” with her past acting