Anne Hathaway says that people in the public really didn’t like her after she won the Oscar – so much so that the studios stayed away… that is, until Christopher Nolan came knocking (again).
The actress opened up about Vanity Fair about all the hate she was getting in the early 2010s – which reached its peak in 2013, when she took home a statuette for her role in “Les Misérables”… when she gave a heartfelt (but to some, cringe-worthy) goosebumps) acceptance speech.
This phenomenon – known at the time as “Hathahate” – had been building for a few years, since 2011, when she presented the Oscars with James Franco. Still, people said they found her a little sincere, strange and “boring”.
Well, AH now says she was well aware of all this ridiculousness at the time – and as it turns out, she says it was affecting her career… even though she was an Oscar winner.
She says: “A lot of people didn’t give me roles because they were so worried about how toxic my identity had become online. I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who didn’t care about that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve had in one of the best films I’ve been a part of.” Of course, she’s referring to CN’s 2014 smash hit, “ Interstellar.”
She adds: “I don’t know if he knew he was supporting me at the time, but it had that effect. And my career hasn’t lost momentum the way it might have if he hadn’t supported me.”
As we all know, Anne and Chris had a history before he hired her for ‘Interstellar’ – having hired her for his third Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises”, but it seems that the fact that he gave the her another opportunity happened just the right time for Anne.
In terms of weathering the storm of hate — whether then or even now — Anne says you need to continue to be bold and be yourself… even if everyone hates you.
It’s crazy to know that Anne was seen as a pariah in Hollywood for a while – she’s obviously one of the biggest celebrities in the world… and yet, she says she’s been through a rough patch.
This just proves that optics matter… and people pay attention to these things, for better or worse.