Anna Kendrick Reveals She Was The Victim Of 'Psychological Abuse' By A Recent Ex

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Anna Kendrick is getting vulnerable like never before. While promoting her new film Alice, Darling, which is set to premiere on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, the actress opened up about her deeply personal connection to the storyline.

If you don’t know, the movie follows Anna as Alice, a woman stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship. During a birthday trip, she seems distant from her friends and they try to help her as she starts to unravel from the mind games her boyfriend has played on her.

Speaking to People on Wednesday, the 37-year-old candidly shared that the script “resonated” with her for a very specific reason — she had just come out of a similarly abusive relationship. Related: Leonardo DiCaprio DOES Want To Date Gigi Hadid — Is She Interested?! The actress shared: Whoa.

The Pitch Perfect alum said she felt drawn to the story because it depicted the kind of abuse she had suffered from — which she so rarely saw on screen: Describing her former relationship, Anna continued: She later said parsing out “what really happened” in her relationship has been “the hardest task of [her] adult life.” We’re so sorry she dealt with that! Related: Parents Find Child’s Letter To God – It Leads To The Arrest Pedophile Anna declined to share the name of her former boyfriend, but according to the time frame, it’s possible the relationship could have been with cinematographer Ben Richardson (they reportedly dated from 2014 to 2020), though nothing has been confirmed.