is opening up about her titular role in hit 90s show, . In for ‘s podcast, the star discussed how her quick rise to fame thanks to Ally McBeal changed her daily life. Flockhart, who was in a play at the time, recalled flying to Los Angeles during the audition process for , noting that her fellow co-star Jane Krakowski happened to be on the same flight.
“I always remember it was a whole room of people in suits, and there was no camera, there was no makeup...
It kind of felt like a theater audition. It felt like I was in a play all of a sudden,” she said about the process. After getting the part and the show premiering, Flockhart realized was finding its audience.
“I realized that this was really cool, that people were watching it and talking about it, and then people started debating about it. I mean, it was amazing,” she said. “That’s the goal, right?” However, the actress also began to experience a gradual change in her personal life that is often associated with leading a popular television show.
Flockhart noted she felt like she was losing anonymity and privacy, and she had to suddenly start dealing with paparazzi. “At the risk of sounding like I’m whining, the paparazzi truly did follow me everywhere I went,” the actress said, explaining it took her time to get used to it. “Truthfully, I don’t think I’ve ever really adjusted to the paparazzi.
” Flockhart said she began to associate seeing paparazzi with the expectation there’d be a negative .
