a deeply personal interview with Vanity Fair, Anne Hathaway shot back at critics from early on in her career who said she had no sex appeal. “I was like, ‘I’m a Scorpio,’ ” Hathaway, 41, said. “I know what I’m like on a Saturday night.”She reckons their opinion of her was rooted in society’s narrower definition of sexiness during her twenties. “The male gaze was very dominant and very pervasive and very juvenile,” Hathaway said.The actress will soon star in “The Idea of You,” a romantic comedy about a 40-year-old divorcée who starts dating a younger, famous, British boybander (Nicholas Galitzine, 29).

Based on Robinne Lee’s popular novel, there are steamy scenes galore in the film that hits Prime Video May 2.“I feel ready to be a sexual creature out loud,” Hathaway told the mag of the movie. “It’s not like one healthy, consensual female orgasm (OK, multiple) is going to change the world… but I’m really happy to be part of a story that takes pleasure in female pleasure.”The Oscar winner said that her 25-year career has not always been so enjoyable.

Around the time Hathaway co-hosted the 2011 Academy Awards with James Franco — a stint that was eviscerated on social media — and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for playing Fantine in 2013’s “Les Miserables,” her work took a major hit. “A lot of people wouldn’t give me roles because they were so concerned about how toxic my identity had become online,” Hathaway said, adding that she rebounded with 2014’s “Interstellar.” “I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who did not care about that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve had in one of the best films that I’ve been a part of.”She added of Nolan, who also directed her in “The Dark Knight Rises”: “My career.

Anne Hathaway shoots down critics who say she has no sex appeal: ‘I’m a Scorpio’

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