Selma Blair felt sure she’d beaten Katie Holmes to the role of Joey Porter in teen TV show Dawson’s Creek - because the newcomer was too tall.

Blair and Holmes were battling it out with another young actress for the part - and the Hellboy star was confident she’d land it.

She says, “Holmes got it fair and square… (but) I remember seeing her walk into the (audition) room and thinking, ‘She is just the tallest girl. There’s no way they’ll give it to her. She won’t even fit on camera.’ Then I ate my words. She was adorable.”

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Selma Blair is regularly propositioned by lesbians because of her three on-screen girl-on-girl love scenes.

The 36-year-old, who split from her husband Ahmet Zappa in 2006, gained a massive gay following after locking lips with Sarah Michelle Gellar in 1999’s Cruel Intentions.

She subsequently went on to film lesbian kissing scenes for last year’s Feast of Love and for upcoming movie Driving Lessons.

And Blair is convinced that many women often confuse her for a real life lesbian, according to the New York Daily News.

She says, “I have done three girl-on-girl kisses on-screen. And, yet, I’ve never done any (lesbian experimentation) in my real life. When lesbian friends tell me they’re in love with me after our friendship has been cemented, it always shocks me.”

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Selma Blair is proud to be starring in the U.S. version of Australian TV comedy Kath & Kim - because she had to battle network bosses to land the role.

The Hellboy star has signed up to appear in the NBC adaptation of the hit Aussie show alongside funnywoman Molly Shannon.

It focuses on the dysfunctional relationship between a daughter and her mother.

And Blair had to fight hard to make TV executives believe she was the right candidate for the part - because no one wanted her to be involved in the project.

She explains, “We’re trying to do it on our own terms. But it’s a different show. This one has a little more heart than the Australian one. I really fought to do it. No one really wanted me, but it was great material. I really wanted to be on the show and stay put (in Hollywood) for a while. I think it will really work.”

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Filming Hellboy II: The Golden Army was no sweat for actress Selma Blair - she was one of the only stars on set who didn’t wear extensive prosthetics.

The big screen adaptation of the comic book required actors to spend hours in the make-up chair being fitted with heavy make-up and latex prosthetics to play mythical creatures.

But Blair, who plays character Liz Sherman, couldn’t help but taunt her fellow cast members about her simple wardrobe.

She says, “I (was) very naughty in that department. On the hottest days, when the other actors (couldn’t) breathe in their makeup, I breeze in and say how sweaty I feel in my cotton tank top. It’s just as well (Hellboy actor) Ron Perlman is my next-door neighbor in real life and knows my sense of humor.”

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John Mayer & Travis Barker met for dinner - same time as Selma Blair and Jaime King were enjoying their dinner.  (They weren’t all there together)

Actress Selma Blair has resigned herself to a career of supporting roles, because she says that she doesn’t have “the face” of a leading lady. She admits that her physical attributes fail to meet Hollywood’s high standards, insisting that she would have fared better in the less discriminatory European film industry.

She says, “Maybe in Europe, I’d be like Samantha Morton or Charlotte Gainsbourg, but I didn’t choose my quirky career - it chose me.”

She added, “I don’t have the face to constantly radiate leading lady energy. There is only one Reese Witherspoon. There is only one Julia Roberts. “I don’t fit that mold. And you know what else? I don’t want to.”