Anna Kendrick for The Independent

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Anna Kendrick interview: ‘I was being forced into a place of dishonesty in my private life’ https://t.co/d8NHfWttkh
- Independent Film (@TheIndyFilm) October 19, 2024
While promoting her directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, with The Independent Anna Kendrick spoke about the traumatic relationship that's influenced her latest work

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Re: Ariana DeBose

[bakemonos]

I still want to see Alice Darling and this, but I just know I am not in a good mental space to go there.

[aciren95]

I’m really bad at articulating my thoughts, I thought the movie did a good job of reflecting how women have to navigate the world for their own safety. Evaluating the threat each man poses giving into them to make protect the man’s feelings, rebuffing them gently, trying to stay civil even when the alarms are going off in your head, my god. There was the overall sexism from the casting people, the Nice Guy neighbor, the male chauvinist contestant, the SERIAL KILLER/RAPIST masquerading as a respectful man on the game show.

And the entire parking lot scene was an entire horror movie in itself ughh

[veryshortstory]

IA. It was one of the most terrifying movies of the year for me, because of how realistic it was. Women are in such danger when it comes to sick men. Our simple existence can be seen as a threat if we're not pacifying them.

[sorryeden]

I definitely want to see Woman of the Hour. I'm fascinated about that.

[deja_vu822]

i thought Woman of the Hour was a good directorial debut for her. i think she's talented and will get better at it. it wasn't perfect but she was good at building tension and having legit unsettling stuff in there.

[ginainabottle]

I did a real 180 with her, she went from obnoxious theater kid to artsy woman with just the right amount of enthusiasm lol

[sapphiredragon]

I feel like her, Anne Hathaway, and Rachel Zegler got so much oversized hatred for being a little too eager and theater-kid-like instead of like the "cool girl" monologue that guys wanted from their actresses.

Not aiming this at you, totally understandable when people find certain actors or actresses annoying, but it definitely speaks to people's general hatred of women/misogyny with how overblown people were about the three of them specifically for being not their ideal chill/sexy/hot but still girl-next-door type.

[my_moloko]

Yeah, for some reason I thought she had a reputation as being rude and stand offish but who knows. People say a lot about women who don’t perform to their standards.

Alice, Darling was a really good watch and it was good to see a movie that explored the more insidious kinds of abuse. I think people always picture it as knock down drag out fighting and that’s not always the case.