Actress Thandie Newton revealed her experiences with racism and sexism by a handful of Hollywood executives in a bombshell interview
and many more—opened up systemic racism and sexual abuse in the film industry that has plagued her career since her 1991 debut in“If you’re a young Black girl and you get raped, in the film business, no one’s going to fucking care,” said the actor in the interview.
She also said she was “scared” of Tom Cruise as his co-star in “Mission Impossible II”, alleging that he mainsplained her lines to her by filming himself playing her part to show her how to read her lines, which caused her “terror and insecurity,” though she still calls him a “nice person.
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