Apparently she was. In a Random Roles, A/V Club feature actress Leslie Mann (wife of comedy producer Judd Apatow)mentions that she was cut out of Wes Anderson’s debut 1996 film, “Bottle Rocket.”
Bottle Rocket (1996)—uncredited
LM: Because I was cut out. I’d just read for James Brooks on Beautiful Girls. He decided not to direct it, and then I didn’t do it, but that’s how I met James Brooks, and then he brought me in for Bottle Rocket. I worked with Luke and Owen [Wilson], and Wes [Anderson] directed it. I remember I had a Southern accent, and I was in a bikini. I would love to find that, just to see how good my body looked at the time, pre-kids, but I haven’t been able to. [Laughs.] I guess I could ask somebody. But it was fun, because Polly Platt produced it, and James Brooks, and I got to meet Luke and Owen and Wes. It was fun. See? “It was fun.”
Well, Leslie since Wes Anderson just confirmed that “Bottle Rocket” is getting the Criterion Treatment for sometime likely in 2008, you could very well see yourself and that pre-kids bod relatively soon. “There’s a lot of ‘Bottle Rocket’ that was on the cutting room floor, so we have a lot to work with on that one.” Anderson told MTV.
Incidentally, for those that haven’t seen it you can watch the 13-minute ‘Darjeeling’ prequel “Hotel Chevalier” in its entirety at the bottom of this post.