The Oscar winner experienced public rejection around ten years ago. Blockbuster director Nolan helped her significantly back then, she says.
Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway says she lost roles after her Oscar win in 2013 due to rising online hatred against her. “A lot of people didn’t want to give me roles because they were so worried about how toxic my identity had become online,” the 41-year-old told Vanity Fair magazine.
As the newspaper “The New York Times” noted in 2013 a few months after Hathaway’s Oscar win for “Les Misérables”, she was experiencing strong rejection online and in parts of the media world at the time, which had misogynistic elements. The newspaper speculated at the time that one reason could be her flawless appearance. Magazines described her as “annoying” and, according to a well-known radio host, she came across as “affected and histrionic.” “No one accuses her of doing anything wrong,” wrote The New York Times. “Rather, Ms. Hathaway appears to have become a mirror for our own shortcomings.”
A decade later, Hathaway looks gratefully to director Christopher Nolan, who brought her in front of the camera for his science fiction film “Interstellar” (2014). “In Christopher Nolan I had an angel who didn’t care and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve ever had,” she enthused. “And my career didn’t lose as much momentum as it could have if he hadn’t supported me.”
Source: Stern
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