Thandie Newton Opens Up About Sexual Abuse in Early Audition
Thandie Newton is well known for her powerful roles in movies like Crash and For Colored Girls. In a recent interview with W, Newton spoke about a disturbing experience she had early in her acting career while auditioning.
Although Newton doesn’t name the director, her story serves as a warning to many aspiring actors and actresses. Newton goes into detail remembering:
“A director, on a callback, had a camera shooting up my skirt and asked me to touch my tits and think about the guy making love to me in the scene. I thought, ‘Ok, this is a little weird,’ but there was a female casting director in the room and I’d done weird stuff before so I did it.”
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