Rachel McAdams’ red hair inspired by her mother

OHMYGOSSIP — Rachel McAdams decided to dye her hair auburn because her mother is a natural redhead and she thought it would be “fun”.

Rachel McAdams was inspired to dye her hair red by her mother. ‘The Notebook’ actress decided to go for a daring new auburn shade because she knew she had the genes to pull it off since red hair runs in her family.

She told: “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!”

The striking star showed off her new hairdo for the first time in public last Wednesday (03.04.13) when she visited Disneyland with a group of friends. She experimented with the brand new look after splitting from her long-term beau Michael Sheen in February.

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.”