‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ star Winona Ryder reveals what ‘soured’ her on making movies: ‘Extremely creepy’
nypost.comRyder explained constantly feeling as if she was “negotiating” and wondering what would happen if she expressed her discomfort, adding she was “working it out while” dealing with someone “extremely creepy.”It was only when recounting her experiences to her “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” co-star Jenna Ortega that she realized, “Jesus Christ, that’s really f—ed up.”“I think in retrospect, it really soured [her on making movies].
All the great actors always told me that when it stops being amazing, you gotta get out,” she explained. “I really took that to heart.”Further explaining the harassment she experienced, Ryder described others on set “being inappropriate or drunkenly hitting on” her, saying she would laugh it off in the moment.
She told the outlet that she “dealt with that” but said “it felt very invasive” when people would touch her.Ryder’s breakout role was playing Lydia Deetz in the original “Beetlejuice” (1988), when she was 15 years old.
She would go on to star in “Little Women,” “Girl, Interrupted,” “Alien: Resurrection” and other films, before taking a step back from Hollywood following her 2001 arrest for shoplifting.
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