Winona Ryder spoke candidly about her experiences in Hollywood during a cover story with Lawyer Published on Thursday. During the interview, the famous actor said: Heather The actress has spoken about how the sexual harassment she faced in her 20s and 30s “ruined” her passion for filmmaking.
“I had two difficult experiences with two people who were blatantly sexually harassing me,” Ryder told the magazine. “It wasn’t assault. But it was completely inappropriate. It was crazy. I really understand.” [what the victims of Weinstein and others went through]“I was lucky that I was known, so it didn’t happen as often as it would have if I had been a struggling actor. But I remember this feeling in my mind: You’re negotiating, you’re thinking about what would happen if I said something. You’re working on the problem while this person is acting really scary.”
Ryder said she realized how wrong the situation was when she spoke about her experiences with it. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Co-star Jenna Ortega, LawyerShe refused to name the people she alleged had harassed her.
“If someone was acting inappropriately or harassing me while drunk, it was like, ‘Oh,’”Ha ha!“You kind of do,” Ryder said.Ha ha!“Inappropriate? I dealt with that. But touching myself? It felt so intrusive,” she added. “I think in the past, it was really bitter.” [her on making movies]“All the great actors have always told me that when it stops being amazing, you have to get out of it. I took that really seriously.”
Ryder also recalled feeling like she was blacklisted by Harvey Weinstein's Miramax production company because of the now-embattled producer's anger. “I went into the Miramax office and I extended my hand and he shook my hand and I sat on the couch and we had a conversation and then I left,” Ryder told the magazine. [afterwards] I got yelled at [by an agent]“What the hell did I do?” I said. “What?” “I think I offended him because I extended my hand?”
The reporter asked if she felt Weinstein was expecting something else, and Ryder replied, “I think so.”
“I guess I knew too much,” Ryder said. “He didn't like me.”
Ryder will reprise her role as Lydia Dietz. In the movie directed by Tim Burton Beetlejuice sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The film stars Ortega and Willem Dafoe, and co-stars Michael Keaton as the film's eponymous demon, while Catherine O'Hara returns as Delia Dietz.
