Yahoo Lifestyle Anna Kendrick Recalls “Icky” Experience With Director Who Embarrassed Her In Front Of 100 Extras: “Felt Like A Specific Power Move”
Anna Kendrick recalls an experience with a director that “felt like a specific power move” to embarrass her.
The Woman of the Hour star and director recently remembered a moment with a filmmaker she deemed “icky.”
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“I remember a director once in a room full of 100 extras or something being like, ‘Hey, on this next one just try something. Just make something up. Just improv something,’ ” Kendrick said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
She continued, “And [I did it] and then the director called cut and came over and, once again in front of 100 extras, was like, ‘Oof, let’s go back to the script!'”
Kendrick noted that “It really felt like a very specific power move thing to embarrass me, to gain dominance. It was very icky.”
The Pitch Perfect star said that the moment was included in the film’s trailer, adding, “And then the thing that I improved ended up in the trailer. So f*** you!”
Watch Kendrick’s full interview below.
In a recent interview with Deadline, Kendrick opened up about why she waited so long to make her directorial debut with Woman of the Hour.
“I think it was a thought that I was actively shoving down, and I guess it would no longer be silent,” she said. “Looking back, it’s very obviously a protective measure on my part to ignore that desire, because it’s vulnerable to want something and know that you might not get it or that you might get it and fail.”
Kendrick said that as she “built up a platform of confidence in my work and to kind of throw myself back to ground zero where this would be a first time experience felt very scary,” adding, “So I was definitely fighting the impulse to stay comfortable. But I’m very glad I fought through that, I guess.”
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