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Anne Hathaway says she has Christopher Nolan to thank for saving her Hollywood career after criticism mounted over her 2013 Oscar win for “Les Misérables.”
in a new interview with vanity fair, “The Idea of You” star recalled how no one wanted to hire her amid widespread online hate from social media users. That is, until Nolan stepped in to resurrect her career.
Reflecting on the viral”HathahatePhenomenon, Hathaway revealed: “A lot of people didn’t give me roles because they were so worried about how toxic my online identity had become.”
“I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who didn’t care about that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve ever had in one of the best movies I’ve ever been a part of,” he said, referring to her. She played chief scientist Amelia Brand in Nolan’s 2014 science fiction film, “Interstellar.”
Hathaway had starred in Nolan’s critically acclaimed “The Dark Knight Rises” as Selina Kyle/Catwoman just two years earlier.
“I don’t know if he knew he had my back at the time, but it had that effect,” Hathaway said of Nolan’s support. “And my career didn’t lose momentum like it might have if he hadn’t had my back.”
The “Hathahate” wave began on social media after the 2013 awards season, when the star won the Academy Award for Supporting Actress.
Although the origin of the hate cannot be pinpointed, the attacks became a huge topic of conversation on the Internet as people broke down everything about her, from her prada dress to his acceptance speech at the Oscars.
Hatred even led to think pieces about Hathaway’s so-called undesirable qualities.
Hathaway admitted to Vanity Fair that it was “a very difficult thing to go through.”
“The key is not to let that close you down. You have to be bold and it can be difficult because you think, ‘If I stay safe, if I embrace the environment, if I don’t draw too much attention to myself, it won’t hurt.’ But if you want to do that, don’t be an actor,” he explained.
“You are a tightrope walker. You are a daredevil. You’re asking people to invest their time and their money and their attention and their care in you. Then you have to give them something worth all those things. And if it doesn’t cost you anything, what are you really offering? Hathaway added.
The “The Devil Wears Prada” star also opened up about how much the Oscars drama affected her. interview with Harper’s Bazaar in 2014, noting that the reaction was like “getting punched in the gut.”
Years later, Hathaway admitted that the Internet, which she hated, ultimately ended up being “a good thing” for her.
In 2021, she said Sun that she felt “incredibly empowered” by the fiasco.
“So I guess what I would say is when something bad happens, don’t be afraid of it. Just go with the flow, flow with it,” Hathaway said.
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