Jena Malone says she was sexually assaulted making final Hunger Games film

One of the stars of the Hunger Games franchise has said she was sexually assaulted while filming the final instalment.

Jena Malone has shared a harrowing story behind this stunning photo.

US actress Jena Malone has said she was “sexually assaulted” while filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.

Posting on Instagram, the 38-year-old prefaced with a “trigger warning” alongside a photo of herself in a wheat field, which was taken in 2015 after filming wrapped on the Francis Lawrence-directed movie, Page Six reports.

“This photo was taken right after I wrapped Mockingjay Part 2 and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set,” she captioned the post.

“We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment.”

Malone has shared a harrowing story behind this stunning photo.

Malone, who played tribute Johanna Mason in the movie franchise, said her time filming in Paris “was extremely hard” as she was going through a “bad” break-up and had been “sexually assaulted” by someone she worked with.

“I was so full of gratitude for this project, the people I became close with and this amazing part I got to play,” she wrote. “A swirling mix of emotions I’m only now just learning to sort thru [sic]. I wish it wasn’t tied to such a traumatic event for me but that is the real wildness of life I guess.”

The Sucker Punch star said she “worked very hard to heal and learn thru [sic] restorative justice” and “how to make peace with the person who violated me and make peace with myself”.

Malone (at right, with blonde hair) with her Hunger Games co-stars. Picture: Rob Kim/Getty

She added that it’s been hard to speak about her role in The Hunger Games and her character “without feeling the sharpness of this moment in time”. However, she said she is “ready to move thru [sic] it and reclaim the joy and accomplishment I felt”.

“Lots of love to you survivors out there. The process is so slow and nonlinear. I want to say I’m here for anyone who needs to talk or vent or open uncommunicated spaces within themselves.

“Please DM me if you need a safe space to be heard,” Malone said.

The star’s comments section was quickly flooded with hundreds of supportive messages from fans.

“Love you – thanks for this vulnerability,” one person wrote, while another added, “Thank you for your courage to share this, sending you love and wishing you the best.”

Fans praised Malone for sharing the story. Picture: Jason Merritt/Getty

“Sending love and healing vibes for your bravery,” a third said.

Malone was a child star who rose to fame after acting in the 1996 film B**tard Out Of Carolina, for which she won the Young Artist Award.

Since then, she has acted in a slew of films and TV shows, including 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and both parts of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.

Last year, Malone also came out as pansexual.

“I’ve been loving the process of learning more about myself and others through different terms that open windows, those windows then turns into doors and then I arrive at a place to find all this cool stuff out there,” she told The Hollywood Reporter last August.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission

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