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You thought you had Rachel McAdams figured out. A wholesome America’s Sweetheart sort of actress headed down the rom-com track, following in the heel-prints of Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon.

Then she put pink stripes in her hair for fun, rolled up to an interview with Elle magazine in a dress made of edamame, and admitted she passed on Anne Hathaway’s role in The Devil Wears Prada and the romantic lead in Casino Royale. And another thing, she’s actually 28, not 30 as Imdb claims.

So talented is the young starlet that she inspired her costar in The Family Stone, Diane Keaton, to say, “I hadn’t been that impressed with someone since I worked with Meryl Streep.”

Find out more about the actress in the April issue of Elle, out March 6th. In the meantime, here’s a sneak preview of the interview in which McAdams admits to an obsession with straightening pictures and books (hello, Howard Hughes!), and dishes about on-again boyfriend Ryan Gosling.

On her film choices:
“I’m not going to make movies just to make movies. I have to be passionate about it.”

On why she quit being a vegetarian:
“I stopped eating meat for a few years and got so tired I feel asleep during a Chris Rock show - live, front row. And I was like, ‘I’m picking up some bacon tomorrow!’”

On boyfriend Ryan Gosling:
“He’s very brave. I don’t think he sees the point [in taking a role] unless he can find out what he’s made of every time. He just doesn’t back off. He goes into everything from that place.”

On her idiosyncrasies:
“I have major anxiety about crooked pictures. They just make me mental. I’m spatially sensitive. In the shower, I have to have the shampoo bottles setup right. I don’t want the writing facing. I want the label facing out. I’m learning to relax about bookshelves. I think the books look nicer if the heights are mixed up.”

On dying:
“I don’t want to have a tombstone. You can now be made into a reef! I was reading that they can make your remains into a reef and put you in the ocean, and the fish can feed off you! I just want to go back into the earth the same way I came.”

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She looks absolutely gorgeous!!

Recognize that dress (above)?  Beyonce wore it to the Oscars!

Recognize this dress below?  Kirsten Dunst wore it to the Oscars!

Many more pics of Rachel after the cut! (more…)

After Katie Holmes turned down the next Batman movie, “The Dark Night”, it looks like Rachel McAdams has swooped in and gotten the role.  I think casting Rachel is a great move…I’m not a huge fan of Katie.

I was suprised how many of you guys said you like the pink hair (last time I posted her pic).  I just don’t get.  Maybe I’m too old.  Maybe I have no style (no comments, thanks).  But I seriously just don’t get it!? She would be so much prettier without it!

I was hoping that the pink hair was for a movie…it’s surfaced several times over the last couple months.  But I’m beginning to think she might actually like it.  You know Rach - I love ya…but the pink’s gotta go.  You’re going to have to be all hot and dressed up for the Oscars! (Her man’s been nominated for his role in Half Nelson).

That pink hair must be for a movie!

I totally don’t get that sweater she’s wearing.

Canadian super couple Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are reportedly engaged. According to Life + Style mag, the pair have decided to renew their pledge to wed after a “touchy” reconciliation following a rocky period in their relationship. “Ryan didn’t have to repropose,” says an insider. “He and Rachel just agreed it was time to think about getting married again because they had worked out their problems. Ryan says he’s thrilled that Rachel is wearing her engagement ring again, which Ryan gave her early in 2005. It was always a secret engagement, and they will never confirm it publicly, but it’s back on, and they’re happy again, planning some family vacations together and doing the private-party rounds to support Ryan’s role in Half Nelson.” The source claims the pair are hoping for a low-profile wedding and may even elope. “Ryan says they’re looking for a good time to slip away and do it, and he’s even said New Year’s might be the perfect time for him and Rachel to make things permanent,” said the insider. “Starting a family and sharing their lives together is so much more important to them than which magazine they can sell their wedding pictures to.”

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