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The Star
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Actress Winona Ryder claims director threatened to 'destroy her life'
, though both of her brothers have worked as production assistants on a select number of her movies. Photo: TNS Winona Ryder has revealed a director she once worked with decades ago threatened to 'destroy [her] f—ing life' after she reported him for inappropriate behaviour. The two-time Oscar nominee, 53, recalled to Elle UK that after she asked producers if they could handle the difficult director, he confronted her the following day when she had 'a big scene,' making one of his own. Ryder claims the director approached her as if he was going to discuss the scene, then 'changed his tone to a whisper.' 'He came up to me, and he was like, 'OK, so um, if we just try it like – you f—ing c–, I'm gonna destroy your f—ing life,'' recalled the Beetlejuice star, saying she was then forced to jump into the scene acting as if everything was OK. 'What's so crazy is my brother was working as a PA on the movie, and I didn't even tell him, and I didn't complain,' she said. The Stranger Things actress did not disclose the identity of the director nor the film, though both of her brothers have worked as production assistants on a select number of her movies. IMDb shows that Uri Ryder, who goes by Uri Horowitz, was a production assistant on 1994's Reality Bites , directed by Ben Stiller. Her half-brother, Jubal Palmer was meanwhile a production assistant on Janusz Kaminski's Lost Souls and Steven Brill's Mr. Deeds remake, both of which starred Winona. Palmer was also credited as his sister's own assistant on the set of Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly . Nearly a decade after Reality Bites , Ryder made a cameo in 2001's Zoolander ,1 also helmed by and starring Stiller, but she never again worked on projects directed by Linklater or Kaminski. The latter is best known as the Academy Award-winning cinematographer behind Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan . – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
Perth Now
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Winona Ryder cuts her own hair
Winona Ryder always cuts her own hair when she wants to wear it short. The Beetlejuice star was known for her quirky pixie cuts after shooting to fame in the 1980s, but Winona is adamant she didn't spend a lot of money on her hair - revealing she likes to take scissors to it herself because she has perfected her technique over the years. Winona told Ella magazine: "Honestly, I always loved having short hair. One thing is, I have to cut it myself ... "[I turn my head] upside down and you cut up." The 53-year-old actress went on to talk about the ageing process and admitted some directors have encouraged her to get Botox. She explained: "I always knew I looked young. But I also knew that when I started ageing, it was gonna happen fast ... "They'll [directors] say: 'Just relax your forehead. Relax.' I'm trying to be a great actor, and they're saying that over and over. It's nice that people are talking about how it's OK to age, but there's still enormous pressure. Every role I get is for a mother, you know? My career has definitely shifted." Winona previously opened up about her personal style revealing she's a big fan of casual clothing. When asked about her fashion essentials, Winona insisted she only has five key items, telling "Everyone's different, but socks and underwear, a comfortable pair of jeans, a favourite T-shirt, and a soft sweater. But that's just me." She also insisted she wasn't surprised to see 1990s fashion make a comeback, saying: "It's not my 90s style that's been revived! I certainly don't feel any ownership over it - that's just way too much responsibility. I guess it's just sort of inevitable in terms of fashion. "Everything always comes back into style about 20-25 years later, right?" The Stranger Things star also admitted she has a hard time letting go of her favourite items of clothing and she framed one of her T-shirts because she didn't have the heart to throw it away. She told the publication: "I just had to retire an old Clash T-shirt from the first time I saw them in 1980 because it was so incredibly thin and just disintegrating. But I ended up framing it. I inherited my fathers 'archivist' gene, so it's really hard for me to let go of things."
Fox News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Winona Ryder confesses to keeping rotisserie chicken wishbone from Christopher Walken for years
Winona Ryder is happily settled now with boyfriend Scott Mackinlay Hahn, but the actress had a couple of movie star crushes while making her way in the industry. She told Elle U.K. in an interview published Wednesday that Christopher Walken once gave her a store-bought rotisserie chicken, and because she was so enthralled by him at the time, she kept the carcass longer than normal. "I still have the wishbone and am trying to make it into a necklace," she confided. The pair worked together on the 2014 political thriller "Turks & Caicos." While she didn't clarify if her fascination with the "Pulp Fiction" actor was romantic or platonic, she vividly described her former yearning for Al Pacino when she was in her early 20s. "I was absolutely in love with Al Pacino when I was working with him," she said. "We were doing that workshop for 'Richard III,' which I didn't know was gonna be a movie. I was actively in love with him." The "Beetlejuice" actress said the "Scarface" actor loved coffee and would take her around New York City to try different brews. "I'm 22, or whatever," she continued. "Finally, he's dropping me off wherever I'm staying, and I'm like, 'I love you, you know. I really am completely in love with you.'' And he was like: 'Aw, honey, noooo.'" The pair still made "Looking for Richard" about the British monarch in 1996. She laughed that 10 years later she met Pacino's girlfriend "who's younger than me." Pacino, 85, is more than 30 years older than Ryder, 53. "'Dude, I'm f------ throwing myself at you,'" she said. "I still play poker with him sometimes. It's the best." "I still have the wishbone and am trying to make it into a necklace." Ryder met her current love at the premiere of "Black Swan" in 2010, and he mistook her for actress Milla Jovovich. "I thought it was the most charming thing in the world," she said, explaining that she found him later and once again didn't beat around the bush. "I was very direct. I was like, 'Listen, do you want to go on a date?'" she explained. Ryder told Elle she already thinks of Hahn as her husband, but they are planning to get married soon. Hahn is also the cook in the relationship. "He has this gift that my mom had, which is making healthy food delicious," she revealed. "He made a curry last night that was better than any curry I've ever had."
Buzz Feed
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Winona Ryder On Changing Beauty Standards, Aging
Winona Ryder was just a teenager when she shot to fame in the 1980s, with Tim Burton's 1988 movie Beetlejuice proving to be her breakout role. After that, Winona's career went from strength to strength, and the star appeared in countless other popular films, including Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Mermaids, and Little Women throughout her late teens and early 20s. Winona is now 53 years old, and best known for playing mom Joyce Byers in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, where she is the oldest core cast member. As I'm sure you know, Stranger Things has been a launchpad for a whole new generation of young stars who have grown up on our screens throughout the series. This includes Millie Bobby Brown, who was just 12 years old when Season 1 premiered back in 2016, and is now a 21-year-old movie star. The rest of the main young cast include Finn Wolfhard, now 22, Caleb McLaughlin, now 23, Gaten Matarazzo, now 22, Sadie Sink, now 23, and Noah Schnapp, now 20. And in a new interview with Elle, Winona reflected on the fact that she has gone from being the youngest actor on set to the oldest — and even revealed that directors have told her to get anti-aging treatments to improve her appearance. 'I always knew I looked young, but I also knew that when I started aging, it was gonna happen first,' she told the publication. Winona is then said to have pointed to her forehead before adding: 'I don't mind it, but what's weird is when you're surrounded by young women getting weird shit done.' Clarifying that she was referring to buccal fat removal, which is when fat is removed from the face to create a more sculpted look, Winona added: 'I thought they were kidding. I want to say, like: 'In 10 years, you're gonna want that back!'' The star went on to reference female directors who have recommended Botox to her — even if it comes at the cost of her acting performance. 'They'll say: 'Just relax your forehead. Relax,'' she shared. 'I'm trying to be a great actor, and they're saying that over and over. It's nice that people are talking about how it's OK to age, but there's still enormous pressure. Every role I get is for a mother, you know? My career has definitely shifted.' What do you make of Winona Ryder's comments? Let me know below!
Leader Live
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Winona Ryder says she still plays poker with Al Pacino
Ryder, 53, is best known for starring in Tim Burton's 1988 movie Beetlejuice and its 2024 sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, along with playing Joyce Byers in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. She worked with The Godfather star Pacino, 85, in the films Simone (2002) and Looking For Richard (1996), adding that she was 'actively' in love with him. Ryder, who fronts the September issue of ELLE UK, told the magazine: 'I was absolutely in love with Al Pacino when I was working with him. 'We were doing that workshop for Richard III, which I didn't know was gonna be a movie. I was actively in love with him. 'He was obsessed with coffee, and he would take me all over New York – like, to the weirdest places – to try different coffees. I'm 22, or whatever. Finally, he's dropping me off wherever I'm staying, and I'm like, 'I love you, you know. I really am completely in love with you.' And he was like: 'Aw, honey, noooo.' 'Then, like 10 years later, I meet his girlfriend, who's younger than me. 'I still play poker with him sometimes. It's the best.' With a career spanning decades, Ryder credits actress Laura Dern for helping her navigate the industry and taking her under her wing. She said: 'I don't think I'd be here without her. I met her on my first screen test for Lucas – I didn't know what a screen test was. 'Laura was there to read for the older girl, and she talked me through it, 'cause I didn't know what the f*** was going on. 'She befriended me. I was literally 12 and – nobody knows this – she took me under her wing into my twenties. That relationship got me through.' She is now passing on her own wisdom to the younger cast members on the series Stranger Things. Ryder said: 'I've been trying to sort of change this narrative with the kids, because they have it drilled into them that they're so lucky and, you know, that this show 'made' them. 'I'm like: 'No. Netflix is so lucky. You guys are the special ones. Like, you guys are magic.'' Ryder is also known for starring in films including Heathers, Edward Scissorhands and Little Women. The September issue of ELLE UK is on sale from 31 July.
