Chloë Sevigny reveals how directors “crossed the line” during several auditions.
It’s no secret that women face more obstacles, challenges and hardships in the film industry than men. Every week you read about another unspeakable horror that some actress had to endure in order to make their dreams come true.
Chloë Sevigny, who is currently promoting her short film she directed, “Kitty,” revealed during a Variety Cannes Film Festival panel that she has had three major directors cross the line with her during auditions.
Chloë Sevigny, who is most known for her roles in hit movies such as American Psycho, Boys Don’t Cry, Zodiac and most recently, American Horror Story, told reporters how directors went too far during her auditions. “I’ve had the ‘what are you doing after this?’ conversation,” Sevigny said. “I’ve also had the ‘do you want to go shopping and try on some clothes and, like, I can buy you something in the dressing room’ [conversation],” she added. “Just like crossing the line weirdness.”
Another director told her she should take off her clothes more often, arguing, “‘You should show your body off more. You shouldn’t wait until you’re as old as this certain actress who had just been naked in a film, you should be naked on screen now.'”
Sevigny explained that she refused to exploit herself in order to make it in the film industry, even if it meant never getting the acting job. “If you’re young and impressionable and really want the part, it might be a tempting avenue, but I hope not,” the actress said. When asked if she would call it sexual harassment she called it a “Hollywood” thing, “Was it sexual harassment? It’s such a fine line.”
This is not the first time Sevigny revealed Hollywood’s dark audition room secret. In an interview with The Guardian she explained, “What I would say is that the most damaging thing about working with so-called auteurs is that I now have a total disdain for directors. It’s made me not enjoy acting so much anymore.”
Sevigny went on to explain how Hollywood has a double standard. “When women on set become a little emotional, or impassioned even, they’re labeled as hysterical or crazy and have a hard time getting hired again,” Sevigny told Variety. “The double standard of the man being the wild, crazy, mad director is so embraced.”Adding, “We have to allow women to act out… and just be ourselves.”
Via Variety
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