Anne Hathaway says Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan saved her career after 2013 Oscar win saw her snubbed from roles due to ‘toxic online identity’: I had an angel in him’

Anne Hathaway credits director Christopher Nolan with helping save her career after public opinion turned against her following her 2013 Oscar win.

The 41-year-old actress told Vanity Fair that “a lot of people didn’t want to give me roles because they were so concerned about how toxic my identity had become online,” following her win for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Fantine in 2012’s Les Misérables ..

“I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who didn’t care about any of that and gave me one of the greatest roles I’ve had in one of the best films I’ve been a part of,” she said, referring to her role as NASA scientist Dr. Amelia Brand in 2014’s Interstellar.

“I don’t know if he knew at the time that he was supporting me, but it did have that effect,” the versatile star said in the interview.

As a result of the two-time Academy Award winner hiring her for the job, “my career didn’t lose the momentum it might have had he not supported me.”

Anne Hathaway credits director Christopher Nolan with helping save her career after public opinion turned against her following her Oscar win more than a decade ago. “I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who didn’t care about any of that,” she told Vanity Fair

In a 2016 interview with The guardHathaway said as she won the Oscar, her mind still immersed in the experience she had on the set of Les Misérables.

“I went a little crazy when I made that movie, but it hadn’t come back yet,” she said.

‘It’s obvious, you win an Oscar and you should be happy. I didn’t feel that way.’

“I felt wrong that I was standing there in a dress that cost more than some people will see in a lifetime, winning an award for portraying pain that was still very much a part of our collective experience as human beings.”

“I tried to pretend I was happy and I got a lot of heat for it,” she explained of the poor reception of her speech.

“Humiliation is such a hard thing to experience,” the resilient actress said Vanity fair.

“The key is not to let it shut you down. You have to stay brave, and that can be hard because you’re saying, ‘If I stay safe, if I hug the middle, if I don’t draw too much attention to myself, it won’t hurt,'” she says. explained.

‘But if that’s what you want, don’t be an actor. You’re a tightrope walker. You’re a daredevil.’ the multi-talented star explained.

The actress said ‘a lot of people didn’t want to give me roles because they were so concerned about how toxic my identity had become online’, following her Best Actress Award win in 2013 for her role in Les Misérables.

Hathaway had previously worked with Nolan, when she was cast as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises starring Christian Bale

Nolan cast the actress in the role of NASA scientist Dr. Amelia Brand in 2014’s Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey

She said the director “gave me one of the greatest roles I’ve had in one of the best films I’ve been a part of”

“I don’t know if he knew he was supporting me at the time, but it had that effect,” she said. As a result of my appointment to Interstellar: ‘My career did not lose the momentum it could have had he not supported me’ (pictured in Beverly Hills in January 2015)

‘You’re asking people to invest their time, their money, their attention and their care in you. So you have to give them something that is worth all these things. And if it doesn’t cost you anything, what are you actually offering?’

The actress, who first worked with Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, spoke with Oppenheimer star Emily Blunt for a Variety Actors on Actors conversation about the confidence she felt working with Nolan on the action film .

“I remember one day we were shooting The Dark Knight Rises,” she explained. “He came to me beforehand and said, ‘I just want you to know that this recording has been in my head for years.’ I’m going to be very specific about it. I’m going to make you do this more often. , but it’s not really you. It’s just because I have it in my head a certain way.”

‘That he says that in a way that doesn’t make you doubt yourself as an actor!’ she said.