After more than two decades of ups and downs in Hollywood, Anne Hathaway had the opportunity to confide the dark corners of her seemingly flawless acting career.

Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables, the role that won her the 2013 Oscar – Photo: Alamy

In an interview with Vanity Fair earlier this week, actress Anne Hathaway shared a lot about her worst time in Hollywood.

Anne Hathaway has a background in theater and started her acting career with the famous film that has been associated with many generations of readers on Disney television – The Princess Diaries (original title: The Princess Diaries) in 2000.

Anne Hathaway and her first film role in her career with The Princess Diaries – Photo: Alamy

Anne Hathaway’s career also took off thanks to this role, and she quickly became familiar to audiences when appearing in many family films.

The actress then tried her hand at more difficult roles in academic films in the 2000s such as Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada, …

She received her first Oscar nomination in her career for playing drug-addicted woman Kym Buchman in Rachel Getting Married.

After winning her first Oscar in her career for Les Miserables in 2013, it was thought that she would be recognized by the audience, but she was still “badmouthed” by many social media users and many film studios turned their backs on her.

Clear water has no fish

It took Anne Hathaway less than 10 years to flourish in her acting career in Hollywood, and her way of dealing with the media and the public is also very humble and full of energy.

Many major newspapers and magazines around the world have published social analysis articles about why people hate Anne Hathaway, even though she has never been involved in any scandals – Photo: The New York Times

However, anything that is too good is not liked by the public. At that time, Twitter suddenly had a movement to boycott Anne Hathaway because they thought she was too fake in front of the camera. Many people also rumored that her quick fame was due to her family’s status and abuse of power.

This was the result of the American media trying to push the image of female stars at that time to the clouds to create the image of “American sweetheart”, causing every move of female Hollywood stars to be scrutinized.

Not only Anne Hathaway, but also actors like Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence also suffered the same fate, Hollywood is a very harsh place for female filmmakers.

For her part, Anne Hathaway confided to Vanity Fair that she was boycotted and widely ridiculed on social networks at the end of 2012 to the point that she did not dare to search her own name on Google.

Many film studios also turned their backs on the actress, because her bad image on social networks would affect the film.

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, one of the most iconic roles of her career – Photo: Alamy

However, the “savior” of Anne Hathaway’s career is none other than the British director who just won the 2024 Oscar – Christopher Nolan.

“Nolan didn’t care about the gossip online and gave me one of the most important roles in the excellent works I’ve ever participated in” – she emotionally said and affirmed that Nolan was the one who saved her career with 2 roles as Catwoman in Dark Knight Rises and astronaut Brand in Interstellar.

After more than a decade, Anne Hathaway had a moment to look back on the ups and downs of her career and confided that acting is like walking on a tightrope, everything can collapse at any time.

“Everyone has to face difficulties and humiliation, but the important thing is to be brave enough to face them, don’t let difficulties block you from the threshold of success” – the actress added.