Winona Ryder says her desire to make films “turned sour” after harassment

The actress Winona Ryder 52, mentioned that she has suffered harassment when commenting on her relationship with Hollywood and cinema. The star mentioned that after going through these situations, her desire to make films “went sour”.

In an interview with Esquire, the “Stranger Things” actress says she had difficult experiences with people who were “blatantly sexually harassing me,” when she was 30 years old.

“It wasn’t an assault. But it was incredibly inappropriate. It was savage. I really understand.” [o que as vítimas de Weinstein e outros passaram]”, he quotes when mentioning the former Hollywood movie mogul, who was found guilty of rape in 2020.

“I was lucky because I was well-known, so it didn’t happen as much as it would have if I were a struggling actress. But I remember that feeling in your mind: you’re negotiating, you’re thinking about what’s going to happen if you say something. You’re working it out while this person is being incredibly scary,” she says.

She also mentions to the portal that she told Jenna Ortega about the incidents, with whom she recently starred in “Beetlejuice”, the sequel to “Beetlejuice” (1988), which hits theaters on September 5.

She declined to name the people who allegedly harassed her and also didn’t go into detail about what happened, but added: “If someone was being inappropriate or drunk hitting on me, it was like, ‘Ha ha! ‘ You just kind of do that.”

“I think in retrospect it really soured things. [ela em relação a fazer filmes]. All the great actors always told me that when something stops being amazing, you have to leave. I really took that to heart,” he said, finally.

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This content was originally published in Winona Ryder says her desire to make films “turned sour” after harassment on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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