Anne Hathaway is one of the most well-recognized and respected actresses of all time, having made a name for herself through her range as an actress which can only be described as versatile. She has been part of many extremely successful projects, with The Devil Wears Prada, The Princess Diaries film series, Interstellar, and The Dark Knight Rises. Over the course of her career, the actress has become one of the most beloved and adored individuals in the film industry.
Hathaway has also been given a number of accolades for her contributions to the film industry, including being nominated for an Academy Award in 2013, as well as winning the same in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her work in Les Misérables.
Anne Hathaway Lost Her Mind After Appearing In Les Misérables
This Oscar that Anne Hathaway won for her work in Les Misérables did not come easy as, to the film’s name, the actress was left miserable after working on the project. The actress revealed that this was so severe that the actress did not feel all too happy when she received the award for her performance in the film, even feeling uncomfortable.
“I felt very uncomfortable,” she told, “I kind of lost my mind doing that movie and it hadn’t come back yet. Then I had to stand up in front of people and feel something I don’t feel which is uncomplicated happiness. It’s an obvious thing, you win an Oscar and you’re supposed to be happy. I didn’t feel that way. I felt wrong that I was standing there in a gown that cost more than some people are going to see in their lifetime and winning an award for portraying pain that still felt very much a part of our collective experience as human beings.”
She went on, stating that when it was announced that she had won the award, she was forced to feel something she wasn’t actually feeling in that moment, happiness. She elaborated, stating that when she had won this award, she hadn’t quite come back after playing such a psychologically complicated character that had had such a toll on her mental health, all of which was reflected in her body language, resulting in the actress getting mocked online.
Anne Hathaway Dissapeared From Public Eye After This
After this happened, the actress did not have many public appearances. She also did not take up many projects, only appearing once for a brief cameo in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Don Jon. At the time, many were confused at so to the reasoning for this, as the last time they saw or heard of the actress, she was being mocked by online trolls and comedieans.
“My impression is that people needed a break from me,” she quipped
It was only in 2014, that the actress finally started to interact with the press again while promoting her film Song One. While doing interviews for this, Hathaway was asked about the reason for her disappearing from the public eye, to which the actress stated that she simply thought that people needed a break from constantly seeing her.
Source: US Weekly
