25 years in the past, Ron Howard’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas debuted to blended reception however appreciable business success. The Christmas movie, loosely tailored from the Dr. Seuss guide of the identical identify, starred Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Tambor, Molly Shannon, Invoice Irwin, and Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who in her movie debut.
In an look on Name Her Daddy, Momsen addressed her relationship with How The Grinch Stole Christmas, which she starred in at solely seven years previous. “Grinch, to me, was at all times nice,” Momsen mentioned. “I don’t have any unhealthy recollections with Grinch. All the things about it was superior, it was tremendous enjoyable.“
Although the actress was “tremendous younger,” she knew How The Grinch Stole Christmas was “such an unimaginable venture to be part of that was so higher echelon at such a younger age.” Momsen appreciated the chance “to see actors of the caliber [of] Jim Carrey and Molly Shannon” and work with Howard because the director.
It’s maybe extra related to notice that making the movie gave her the possibility to report a music for the soundtrack, “The place Are You, Christmas?” Momsen, now having retired from performing to be the lead singer for The Fairly Reckless, revealed that “it was additionally [her] first expertise in a recording studio.”
Regardless of remembering the filmmaking course of fondly, Momsen struggled with its legacy rising up. “When the film got here out and stuff and I used to be at school, you’re teased relentlessly for it,” Momsen defined. “‘You’re Grinch lady.’ I moved round quite a bit. All of that type of stuff was arduous for me as a child.”
She continued: “However, once I obtained older, and searching again on it, I am going, ‘No, all of these issues that occurred, all of these experiences of creating this movie [were] fantastic. So why am I shunning this?’ I’m Cindy Lou Who. I’m that lady, I’m nonetheless that lady.“
Having made peace along with her position in How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Momsen not too long ago launched an up to date model of “The place Are You, Christmas?” that options each her authentic childhood and new grownup vocals. Together with The Fairly Reckless, she additionally dropped a music video that includes previous clips of herself from across the movie’s launch 25 years in the past.
Momsen’s renewed appreciation of her childhood position comes amid a wave of nostalgia for the Christmas traditional, fueled partially by her reunion with Carrey final month and the latter’s feedback about being open to a sequel. No matter whether or not that involves fruition, How The Grinch Stole Christmas stays a vacation staple, with Momsen’s endearing efficiency alongside a manic-as-ever Carrey anchoring the movie.