Rachel McAdams inspired by mum’s red hair

The actress Rachel McAdams decided to change her hair colour to red because her mother is a natural redhead and she thought it would be "fun".

She said: "My mother is a redhead, so I thought maybe I could pull it off. If she could do it, maybe I could do it."

The 34-year-old actress has been both blonde and brunette in the past, even sporting pink locks, so she felt red was the next obvious choice.

Rachel laughed: "I don't know, I just thought that it would be fun ... This was the only colour left!"

Craig Moir, her colorist at Toronto's Salon Dew, said in the past: "Blonde is Rachel's go-to colour, but she's willing to try anything as long as she keeps her hair in good shape."

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