Rachael Leigh Cook Net Worth

Rachael Leigh Cook's Quotes

• I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
• I'd love to do a sequel. Even if it was 'Ernest Goes to Mars 3'- if these girls were in it, I'd do it in a minute". [Referring to Josie and the Pussycats (2001) in an interview she gave to TV Guide (Issue #2505, 31 March 2001; article title "What's new, Pussycats? by Josh Rottenberg)]
• I would love to work with Rosario Dawson & Tara Reid again. We were a team on the set of Josie and the Pussycats (2001), our chemistry was great from the first day of filming & you don't really expect that when you work with new people. I still call them everyday, like sisters to me!
• My height was never a factor.
• When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux.

Interesting Facts about Rachael Leigh Cook

1. Was a print model for 5 years before becoming an actress.
2. Was a student of the Laurel Springs School, a school for young actors who can't attend a more regular school due to time commitments.
3. Was in a memorable anti-drug commercial where she smashes an egg with a frying pan ("this is your brain on heroin") and proceeds to trash the room with the frying pan ("this is your family, friends, career, etc."). Arguably one of the few effective anti-drug spots ever made.
4. Owns her own production company called Ben's Sister Productions.
5. Attended Minneapolis South High School, the same school as actor Josh Hartnett and Genevieve Gorder.
6. Played the younger version of Parker Posey's character in The House of Yes (1997). Posey plays the villain in Josie and the Pussycats (2001).
7. Noisy underground British artist 'Firexit' has created two songs especially for Rachael Leigh Cook. The two songs are called 'This is for Rachael Leigh Cook' and a rare acoustic track called 'Dear Rachael'. In a interview, Gareth Gerrard (aka Firexit) was asked about the songs, he replied "Rachael is everything, I love her very much".
8. Was recommended to the producers of Dawson's Creek (1998) by Texas Rangers (2001) co-star James Van Der Beek. She guest starred with him in 3 episodes.
9. In early 2001, she met actor Ryan Reynolds and the two immediately hit it off. However, she had to fly to England shortly after to film Blow Dry (2001). Ryan ended up suprising her, pulling out of his filming schedule and following her all the way to London. It was a success and they ended up dating for a year.
10. Her mother was a cooking instructor and is currently a weaver.
11. There is a Minneapolis rock and blues band called "Budding Hollywood Starlet" that is named in honor of her and other budding Hollywood starlets.
12. Ranked #26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
13. She's All That (1999) was the second time she had worked in a film with Freddie Prinze Jr., although in their first project together, The House of Yes (1997), they shared no scenes together.
14. Her mother is of Italian ancestry.
15. After reading R. Lee Fleming Jr.'s script for She's All That (1999), Rachael began to like the storyline more and more, and soon after was asked to play the role of Laney Boggs.
16. Her guitar teachers were Fast Freddie & Phil X.
17. Had little interest in modeling by the time she was 15 and tried to focus more on school of which she became fonder.
18. Did a school senior paper entitled "Politics, Shmolotics, and 10 other reasons I'll never be President".
19. Stephenie Meyer wrote the Twilight character of Alice Cullen with her in mind.
20. Got engaged to Daniel Gillies after dating for ''maybe five months'' and they got married a couple of months after that, on August 14, 2004.