Jena Malone Opens Up About Being Sexually Assaulted During ‘Hunger Games’
deadline.comJena Malone took to social media to share that she was sexually assaulted during the time she was filming The Hunger Games.
The star joined the franchise in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in 2013. Malone posted a photo on Instagram after she wrapped filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part Two, which was in 2015. “This photo was taken right after I wrapped mocking Jay part two and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set.
We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment,” Malone shared. “Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me, was going thru a bad breakup and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with, I was so full of gratitude for this project, the people I became close with and this amazing part I got to play.” Malone continued, “A swirling mix of emotions I’m only now just learning to sort thru.
I wish it wasn’t tied to such a traumatic event for me but that is the real wildness of life, I guess. How to hold the chaos with the beauty.
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