In the early 2000s, Mandy Moore was everywhere. Between her music ruling the pop charts, her tear-jerker role in A Walk To Remember (2002), and her star turn in the cult hit, Saved! (2004), it seemed like she was here to stay. But then, Moore disappeared, and she's been playing it low key ever since. Her career had so much potential, so what happened? Hollywood just isn't casting Moore anymore. We can explain.
She's not into drama
While some celebs' dramatic personal lives can certainly keep studios from casting them, Moore's problem could be exactly the opposite. Since she's not controversial in the slightest and exceedingly pleasant on Instagram and Twitter, she simply doesn't capture the attention her competition does. Moore gets the benefit of living a quiet, less turbulent life, but that mellow style could be detrimental to her career at a time when the more buzz a celeb gets on social media, the better—good or bad.
Moore is also not into high-profile relationships. Her extremely private marriage to musician Ryan Adams in 2009 ended in divorce in June 2016. She's now seeing Dawes singer Taylor Goldsmith, but they're keeping that romance far away from the headlines.
She's been typecast
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Moore's most successful roles have all been similar, and unfortunately, that's not a good thing for an actress looking to expand her range. When she wasn't playing a romantic lead, like she did in A Walk To Remember (2002) and How To Deal (2003), she was playing the resident mean girl à la The Princess Diaries (2001). And now? Moore shall forever be known as Disney Princess Rapunzel after lending her voice to 2010's Tangled. That can be a tough spot for an actress to find her way out of, especially if studios aren't willing to cast her outside of her tried and true material.
Her recent projects went unnoticed
In 2014, Moore starred in a teen hospital drama called Red Band Society, but it was promptly canceled after the first season. Before that, her most recent films were TV movies in 2013: The Advocates and Christmas in Conway. Not the best track record, and definitely not impressive to film studios producing major motion pictures.
She's not making music anymore
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Although Moore is definitely known for her acting, it was her music that first put her on the map. Her most recent release—if you don't count the tunes from Tangled—was the album Amanda Leigh, released in 2009. According to The Times of India, new material is on the way. "I've been working on music steadily for the last couple of years. I guess 2016 will be the re-emergence of my music," she said. If Moore follows through with a new record, that could catapult her profile with a fresh generation and jump-start acting opportunities too.
How she can turn it around
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With or without a new album, Moore has some big projects set for the near future. In 2016, she'll star in an NBC drama called This is Us, while in 2017 she'll reprise her role as Rapunzel in an animated TV incarnation of Tangled called Before Ever After. As for the big screen, she's got the lead role in a 2016 underwater thriller called In The Deep. Can Moore figure out how to get out of the water and back on the red carpet? We sure hope so.
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