Thandie Newton is revisiting her early days as a young actress, when her teenage insecurities made her vulnerable to a predatory director she’s accused of sexual abuse.
In a new interview with Vulture, the “Westworld” star looks back on breaking into movies when she was just 16, cast in the lead in “Flirting” alongside Noah Taylor, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts.
At the time, she recalled, “I had no sense of myself. One of the reasons why is because I was not considered anything. There was a lot that people could have been interested in in me when I was young.
They didn’t want to express it, because they didn’t want to praise the Black girl.” RELATED: Thandie Newton Says She Turned Down Role In ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Over Sexist Scenes,
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