In 2011 , McAdams starred in Woody Allen 's fantasy romantic comedy '' Midnight in Paris '' with her '' Wedding Crashers '' co-star Owen Wilson and Michael Sheen . The film opened the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . McAdams played Inez , the shrewish fiancée of Wilson 's character Gil . Allen wrote McAdams ' part for her , after hearing " glowing reports " from his friend and her former co-star Diane Keaton . He said that he was " crazy about Rachel " and wanted to give her the opportunity to play something other than " beautiful girls " . The film was shot on location in Paris and McAdams has said that the experience " will always have a great place in my heart " . Hadley Freeman '' The Guardian '' criticized that she " has morphed from the sweet thing in '' Wedding Crashers '' to the dream-crushing bitch that , according to American comedies , women become once they ensnare their man " . Richard Corliss of '' Time '' " felt sorry for McAdams , whose usually winning presence is ground into hostile cliché " . However , Kenneth Turan of the '' Los Angeles Times '' felt she " deftly handles a part that is less amiable than usual for her " and A. O. Scott of '' The New York Times '' found her " superbly speeded-up " . It became Allen 's highest-grossing film ever in North America and was the most commercially successful independent film of 2011 . With a production budget of $ 17million , the film has grossed over $ 151million worldwide . McAdams , along with six other members of the cast , received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination . Allen won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the film itself was nominated for three other Academy Awards , including Best Picture
2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
Rachel McAdams