JamesG
12-03-2025, 10:49 PM
Madelyn Cline on Being Put “Through the Wringer” as an Actress, Admits she’s Considered Quitting
by Glenn Garner
December 3, 2025
As Madelyn Cline prepares to bid farewell to "Outer Banks", she’s opening up about the physical and emotional toll of her onscreen career.
The actress, who has recently been filming the fifth and final season of the Netflix adventure series, recently admitted that she’s often considered quitting the industry, as she compared the practice to “a torture ritual,” but she still remains “very grateful” for the work she’s been able to do.
“I can say with my entire chest, every single one I’ve ever done,” she said in Interview Magazine when asked which roles have made her feel that way. “I’m on set a lot, when I’m swimming with rats or yesterday, we were—oh, I can’t say anything. I’ll just say they put us in the elements. Yesterday I was soggy, and there was a lot of wind, and I was cold.”
“And I didn’t even have the worst of it. I was standing there like a wet rat, really uncomfy. I think I have athlete’s foot now. [Laughs] I definitely have an amoeba. I was just like, this is a torture ritual. I’m not complaining. I’m very grateful. On very physical jobs sometimes you have to put yourself through the wringer, and like any job, there’s some days you just don’t want to do it.”
https://deadline.com/2025/12/madelyn-cline-compares-acting-torture-considered-quitting-1236635195/
by Glenn Garner
December 3, 2025
As Madelyn Cline prepares to bid farewell to "Outer Banks", she’s opening up about the physical and emotional toll of her onscreen career.
The actress, who has recently been filming the fifth and final season of the Netflix adventure series, recently admitted that she’s often considered quitting the industry, as she compared the practice to “a torture ritual,” but she still remains “very grateful” for the work she’s been able to do.
“I can say with my entire chest, every single one I’ve ever done,” she said in Interview Magazine when asked which roles have made her feel that way. “I’m on set a lot, when I’m swimming with rats or yesterday, we were—oh, I can’t say anything. I’ll just say they put us in the elements. Yesterday I was soggy, and there was a lot of wind, and I was cold.”
“And I didn’t even have the worst of it. I was standing there like a wet rat, really uncomfy. I think I have athlete’s foot now. [Laughs] I definitely have an amoeba. I was just like, this is a torture ritual. I’m not complaining. I’m very grateful. On very physical jobs sometimes you have to put yourself through the wringer, and like any job, there’s some days you just don’t want to do it.”
https://deadline.com/2025/12/madelyn-cline-compares-acting-torture-considered-quitting-1236635195/