Christina Ricci Reminds what she “dreaded” most on the set as a child actress.
The “Yellowjackets” star made her film Debut 1990 at the age of nine in “Mermaids.” She went on to lead iconic films such as “Sleepy Hollow”, “The Addams family”, “Fear and disgust in Las Vegas,” The Sixth Sense “and” Casper “as a teenager before continuing her career to adulthood with” Monster “,” Black Snake Moan, “and more.
Ricci, who now receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, told Amount Growing up in the limelight came with the disadvantages, namely to hear “what was wrong” with her during camera samples.
“I hated seizures and I hated camera test days because I knew it was the days when everyone would look at me and talk about what was wrong with me, with my appearance and what they needed to fix,” Ricci said. ““ We can never shoot her from this page. “Such things that grew up I didn’t like. I remember just fearing those days.”
She continued, “but I didn’t have anything horrible really happened to me. The little type of development things and problems that I learned that was not healthy for me, I have been able to do some kind of work and get through. The film industry, it saved me from a childhood that was not so nice and a family that was not very safe. So to be able to escape and do this thing where I was absolutely sure when I got validation from adults, and it was based on a skill that I had that was special, I really think, really saved me. ”
The “Wednesday” alum added that she did not have to endure any metoo -moments during her career.
“I was really lucky in that I’ve never had any abominable thingsAnd no one ever tried to take advantage of me sexually, “Ricci said. “I was exposed to some jerks, but for the most part I was aware enough to understand that these people were jerking and it had nothing to do with me.”
Ricci explained that it is the learning curve to be a child on a set that can lead to being “manipulated” as an actor later.
“There are all the little things when you are young that I find difficult (for) children. For example, when working with a movie you are never as important as the product that is made. So as an adult we choose to put our needs aside. But as a child, to teach you that you always come in other places and your needs and emotions and your physical well -being come in second place.” Sometimes the “upcoming second” thing becomes too much of who the child is. I think it can be really dangerous and make you vulnerable to take advantage of and manipulate as you get older.
Ricci concluded: “I have done this all my life. I have gone through all these personal changes and personal growth while I have continued with my career. There were really times, especially when I was younger, that I was just so franchise with everything and also with being an actress. I will say that I am watching some movies from that time in my life and I’m not really good because I didn’t try so hard. And as I got older, I really began to understand the value of acting for me, that I could put so much on what would actually help me as a human being. ”
