Anna Kendrick Reveals Why She Didn't Make Any Money Off of New Movie 'Woman of the Hour'
Anna Kendrick is opening up about how she didn’t take home any money from her new movie Woman of the Hour.
The 39-year-old actress not only stars in the Netflix film, but she also made her directorial debut with it!
In a recent interview, Anna revealed she actually didn’t make any money from the movie, as she donated her earnings to organizations that specialize in victims of violent crime and sexual abuse.
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“Believe me, this was never a money-making venture for me, ’cause you know, all the resources went to actually just making the movie,” she said on the Crime Junkie AF podcast. “But it wasn’t until the Toronto Film Festival, where the movie premiered and it’s this big film festival for someone to buy movies, and that is where eventually Netflix bought the movie.”
“But, it wasn’t until like the week before TIFF that I thought, ‘Oh, the movie’s going to make money,’” Anna said. “Like, I was just so, I went from being like, ‘Let me know when the movie happens!’ to like, ‘Oh god, I’m responsible for this,’ and then I was just making the movie, making the movie, and then we just barely made the deadline to get into TIFF.”
“Then it was like, ‘Oh, there’s like money going to be exchanging hands,’ and yeah,” she continued. “I sort of asked myself the question of like, ‘Do you feel gross about this?’ and I did, and so yeah, I’m not making money off of the movie. The money is going to, or has gone to, RAINN and to The National Center For Victims of Violent Crime, which is a charity that Matt Murphy recommended to me.”
Anna has recently opened up about her own experience being in an abusive relationship.