Actor Danielle Macdonald: ‘I got death threats’
Actor Danielle Macdonald has revealed she received death threats after starring in huge films Bird Box and Dumplin’ alongside the like of Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston.
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Polarising viewers and even receiving death threats is proof to Danielle Macdonald she is doing the right thing.
As one of our hottest acting exports in years, MacDonald has starred in some of the biggest films of the past year, namely Bird Box alongside Sandra Bullock and Dumplin’ with Jennifer Aniston.
“I got death threats,” Macdonald tells the latest issue of Stellar magazine released in The Sunday Telegraph this weekend. “People came onto my Instagram to harass me. It was weird — Dumplin’ and Bird Box came out at the same time and so people in the street would either approach me with a lot of venom and hatred or a lot of love. Some people were both and they were like, ‘Ugh, I’m so conflicted, I loved you in this, but I hated you in this.’”
The attention didn’t rattle the 28-year-old.
“I just think to myself, ‘Great. I’m doing my job, then.’”
Macdonald grew up on Sydney’s northern beaches and studied acting here but didn’t land any work until she moved to Los Angeles.
Her breakthrough came with gritty Sundance Film Festival favourite Patti Cake$, in which she played an unlikely rapper.
The film opened doors for Macdonald very quickly and she’s worked on back to back projects since.
“I actually got to have a say or a choice when it came to picking my next project, which you don’t really get this early on in the industry,” she said, adding that she is driven by choosing roles that test her. “I find that when I’m intimidated by a role, it’s usually a really good thing.”
Next up for Macdonald is Paradise Hills with Emma Roberts and Milla Jovovich, as well as the Unbelievable miniseries with Toni Collette.
She will also be seen in upcoming Helen Reddy biopic, I Am Woman, and films Extracurricular Activities and White Girl Problems.
Originally published as Actor Danielle Macdonald: ‘I got death threats’
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