Anna Kendrick shares the "strange" emotional toll of the Alice, Darling press tour
"And I sort of told everyone, 'I don't think I can do another thing like that,'" said the Oscar-nominated actor in a recent interview with IndieWire
Having a decades-long career, actor Anna Kendrick has experienced her share of promotional tours for the films she’s been in. Yet, with her most recent psychological thriller Alice, Darling, the Pitch Perfect star has revealed that her own emotional ties to the film have made the press junket situations “trickier to navigate” than ever before.
In Alice, Darling, Kendrick plays Alice, a woman coming to terms with the emotionally abusive relationship she’s been in while away on a trip with her two friends (played by Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku). Kendrick, who is also an executive producer on the project, told People back in September how her own “personal experience with emotional abuse and psychological abuse” furthered her connection to the film, leading to Alice, Darling’s press tour centered around the actor’s personal life in relation to the movie.
With the film heading to theaters this Friday, Kendrick candidly spoke with IndieWire about the challenges she faced on the Alice Darling promotional tour, especially in relation to her own past of abuse.
“People have asked me, ‘Was it challenging to shoot the movie?’ and I guess that question makes sense,” said the Oscar-nominated actor. “But I’m actually finding that the press is the thing that has been a little trickier to navigate, making sure that I’m OK and feeling safe in my body.”