NEW YORK — Mischa Barton is taking a break from television after her new series The Beautiful Life was canceled after just two episodes.
"I think I need to back away from the whole TV approach," the 23-year-old actress told People at Monday night's Whitney Museum Gala in New York City. "That whole world of network television, probably isn't, for me, a good idea now. I need to start reading for more serious roles."
Last month, The CW halted production on TBL after the series drew just 1.1 million viewers in its second episode. The program got off to a rocky start when Barton was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold in July, pushing production back by a week. Barton said she is enjoying her time off and won't be rushing back to work anytime soon.
"It's too early to tell yet," she said of her new project. "I'm passing on all the [early] offers, because that's not the stuff you want to do. I want to go fight for interesting things and look for something that's going to be interesting for me ... as a role."
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