Thanks #MeToo: Anne Hathaway Recounts Casting in the 2000s, and It’s Disgusting

Thanks #MeToo: Anne Hathaway Recounts Casting in the 2000s, and It’s Disgusting

Under the pretext of finding the partner with whom there would be the most chemistry, Anne Hathaway had to kiss a dozen actors in a row, in front of the producers’ rude comments.

At just 41 years old, Anne Hathaway is one of those actresses who have experienced the Hollywood industry before and after #MeToo. Although intimacy coordination is still in its infancy, some practices now seem outdated.

In full promotion of her new film, the actress The devil wears Prada and’Interstellar confided a sordid casting experience what she experienced in the early 2000s. Although the Oscar-winning actress did not reveal the name of the film, she confided that she was forced to kiss ten men in a row so the team could find her co-star.

Thanks #MeToo: Anne Hathaway Recounts Casting in the 2000s, and It’s Disgusting
Anne Hathaway in 2001

“I just pretended I wanted it and kept going

In the columns of V magazineHathaway explained that when casting for a role, she was asked kiss ten different menas he asked her if she I didn’t find it exciting. The actress explained that she was considered “normal” From “ask an actress to kiss other actors to test the chemistry between them.” “Actually, this is the worst way to do it », he confides before remembering this horrible sequence:

“I was told, ‘Ten kids are coming today and you’ve been cast in the movie.’ Can’t wait to kiss them? ». And I thought, “Is there something wrong with me? » because I couldn’t wait. I thought it was disgusting.

I was so young and aware of how easy it was to lose everything if you were considered a “difficult” woman, so I just pretended I wanted it and continued.

Anne Hathaway concluded by explaining that today things have improved a lot. “It wasn’t a power play, no one was trying to be mean or hurt me. It was just a very different time and now we know better how to do it. »

She will be the protagonist of the romantic comedy The idea of ​​being with you, in which she plays a forty-year-old who begins a passionate relationship with the young singer of a popular boy band. In the columns of V magazine, Hathaway she explained that she herself participated in the casting to find her playmate. Thanks me too. The film will be released May 2 on Prime Video.


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