Stranger Things, the Netflix series born from the mind of the Duffer brothers has now come to an end. After the fourth season was also uploaded to the Netflix streaming platform last year, the last episodes that will close the story of Eleven and her friends are currently in production. The fifth season, which should arrive in 2024 on the streaming platform, promises to answer all the unsolved mysteries and thrill us with an epic epilogue. Stranger Things in recent years he has launched the careers of many actors, first of all Millie Bobby Brown, who after playing the role of Eleven became a real star. There is an actress, who we appreciated in the fourth season of the series, but who has decided to put acting aside to become a streamer. Since her decision has left fans a bit taken aback, Grace Van Dien has chosen to tell what really forced her to stop acting and to turn down several job offers.
The actress of Stranger Things revealed that she was harassed by a producer.
Unfortunately the world of entertainment hides countless shadows and pitfalls especially for a young woman and Chrissy Cunningham’s interpreter has found herself at the center of many dangerous situations throughout her career. During a live on Twitch Grace Van Dien revealed to fans that if he preferred to turn down roles for cinema and TV, it was because he had bad experiences on the set of his latest projects. Here’s what she said:
“Actually I have turned down, in the last two and a half weeks, four films. Here’s the thing: I’ve seen some people are mad at me for turning down acting projects and deciding to stream more, but the point of the matter is that in the last few projects i’ve worked on i haven’t had from the experiences. And with streaming, I can choose who to hang out with, who to talk to, etc.“
At this point she recounted an incident that particularly disgusted her: the producer of a film in which she recently participated he harassed her, even going as far as to propose to have a threesome with him. The actress of Stranger Things he admitted that he feels safer working for Twitch, because he has the ability to select the people he meets and associates with. In fact, he said:
“One of the producers of one of the last movies I made asked me to have a threesome with a girl he hired. That was my boss. I didn’t accept. I cried and was so angry. People ask me ‘How is streaming better for your mental health?’ Here’s how. I can stay in my house and play video games and not have a boss asking me to have sex with him. Here’s how this is better for my mental health.”
Grace Van Dien hinted that, in addition to the harassment she had to endure, she also found herself frequenting several extremely toxic and dangerous film sets. For this reason, as he explained, he made the decision to personally develop his next projects:
“I handled it right. I reported it to my manager. My castmate, who was there with me, was like ‘Did I hear you right? Do you want to go for a walk?’ And we had a miserable time. We cried a lot during the filming of the film. That’s why I’m still just streaming for a while, and I hope it’s not a big deal for you, but I’m happy with it. I’m developing my projects and I hope someone decides to finance them because then I can have control of my set and I won’t ask my actors to sleep with me ”.
