Mia Wasikowska shares her #MeToo story after turning her back on Hollywood: ‘I was young, I didn’t know how to protect myself’
Australian actress Mia Wasikowska has revealed the dark side of Hollywood.
The Alice in Wonderland star, 33, rose to fame as a teenager in the early 2000s, before the rise of the #MeToo movement that exposed abuse in Hollywood.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald about her formative years in Tinseltown, she told the publication: “I was young, I didn’t know how to protect myself.”
Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, 33, (pictured) has revealed the dark side of Hollywood. The Alice in Wonderland star rose to fame as a teenager in the early 2000s, before the rise of the #MeToo movement that exposed abuse in Hollywood
Canberra-born Mia, who chose not to reveal too much, said most young actresses were abused in Hollywood.
“I think you would be hard pressed to find a young woman who hasn’t experienced some level of abuse or inappropriate experiences or behavior towards you,” she said.
She concluded by saying, “But it’s not really something I’m talking about.”
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald about her formative years in Tinseltown, she told the publication: “I was young, I didn’t know how to protect myself.” She is pictured in Los Angeles in June 2008
Mia has left Hollywood in recent years and has moved back to Sydney to pursue local projects.
“I think I have less patience for the parts of the industry I don’t like. I don’t care that much about being pushed into an image that gets me jobs,” the All Saints star explained, calling Hollywood “oppressive.”
Now Mia is preparing to star in an Australian drama called Blueback.
Canberra-born Mia, who chose not to reveal too much, said most young actresses were abused in Hollywood. She is pictured in Los Angeles in June 2008
Mia has left Hollywood in recent years and has moved back to Sydney to pursue local projects. She is pictured in Utah in January 2018
The upcoming film is based on Tim Winton’s novel about the friendship between a boy and a blue groper.
This isn’t the first time Mia has spoken out about life as an A-lister, telling The Guardian in 2019 it wasn’t always as rosy as it seemed.
When asked what advice she would give young actors, Mia said, “If you really, really love it — go ahead, but my perspective has changed.”
She continued, “I’ve been doing this job around the world for ten years and after a while you feel empty.”
The Jane Eyre star went on to say that while she thinks acting is a “great” job, she admitted: “Perception is different from reality – it’s really lonely.”
This isn’t the first time Mia has spoken out about life as an A-lister, telling The Guardian in 2019 it wasn’t always as rosy as it seemed