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BY LAUREN ZIMA

Rooney Mara made headlines a few weeks ago not for her starring role in one of the season’s most anticipated films, but instead for what she said about one of her first roles -- an appearance on Law And Order: SVU. She told Allure Magazine:

“"It was so awful. So stupid. People are obsessed with that show. I don't get it.”

It rarely bodes well to burn a former employer. And now, it seems Mara is doing it again. In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, 26-year-old Mara talks about her role in the 2010 remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

“You kind of learn to self-sabotage with things you don’t want to get. … That’s kind of [what happened] with A Nightmare on Elm Street – I didn’t even really want it. And then I went in [to audition] and I was like, [whispering] ‘F**k. I definitely got that’.”

The two quotes combined are making media outlets mark Mara as the newest Megan Fox -- remember when she slammed ‘Transformers’ director Michael Bay?

Celebitchy has had enough.

“Dear God, what is wrong with Rooney Mara? … Be grateful. Acknowledge that your early career made you the actress you are today. … Be a professional.”

And a writer for Gather says -- don’t forget the origins of celebrities who are far more A-list than Mara.

“ … there are tons of desperate, struggling actresses who would have loved to get the role … here's some news for Rooney Mara: Johnny Depp starred in the first A Nightmare on Elm Street movie before he became big, and getting killed off in that film hasn't killed his career. So stop complaining!”

PerezHilton sees a bit of Mara’s side of the story -- but not much.

“ … to be fair - that movie is crap … but we are not enjoying this false sense of entitlement … Just ask Katherine Heigl’s career what happens when you start to bite the hand that feeds it. Oh wait. You can't find it, can you?”

For now, Mara has at least one role secured -- Sony says the sequel to “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is in the works, despite low box office take from the first film.