Britney said that after Crossroads she was asked to star in Chicago, but she “didn’t want to be distracted from music” and turned it down. “I look back now and I think, when it came to Chicago, I should’ve done it,” she wrote, “I had power back then; I wish I’d used it more thoughtfully, been more rebellious. Chicago would have been fun. It’s all dance pieces—my favorite kind: prissy, girly follies, Pussycat Doll–like, serve-off-your-corset moves. I wish I’d taken that offer.”
