For movie and television fans, it's hard to imagine an actor becoming so comfortable with their job that they could actually forget about one of their roles—especially if it was one of our favorites.
Gwyneth Paltrow, for example, has admitted that she can't say for sure how many Marvel films she was involved in (the answer is seven).
And now we have Kat Dennings. While on a trip to Disneyland, Dennings entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe area and was confused to see people repeatedly waving at her.
It turned out she'd completely forgotten that she played Darcy Lewis in the Thor films, who was first an assistant to Thor's love interest, Jane Foster, and later a frontrunner in taking down Wanda Maximoff's barrier in Westview in Wandavision.
After returning home from the trip, Dennings confessed on Instagram:
"I went to Avengers Campus at Disneyland, and people were waving at me, and I forgot why. I genuinely forgot why."
Some fans were thoroughly entertained by how much this reminded them of Darcy Lewis's personality.
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Others compared this moment to Anna Kendrick forgetting she played one of Bella's friends in the Twilight saga.
In multiple interviews recalling the actor's career, Kendrick has admitted to enjoying the Twilight films but completely forgetting her role in them and barely recognizing herself when she watches them.
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Some took a moment to remind Kat Dennings that she is, in fact, Kat Dennings.
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Dennings' post totally made some people's day.
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While it might seem wild to us for an actor to forget a role, it's likely similar to when we either forget a job that we had or at least some of the details of it.
So much goes into a performance role, from auditioning, to memorizing lines, to filming, to touring when the film comes out, it's not completely out of the realm of possibility to forget about some roles along the way.
But for someone like Kat Dennings, it almost sounds like method acting to keep the part of Darcy Lewis alive.
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