Anne Hathaway reveals shocking question journalist asked her

The Oscar-winning actress has revealed the uncomfortable question a journalist asked her – which left her stunned.

Anne Hathaway on Watch What Happens Live. Picture: YouTube

Anne Hathaway recently revealed an inappropriate question she was asked by a reporter early into her acting career at the age of 16.

The US actress discussed the interaction while being interviewed by Variety at the Sundance Film Festival for the opening of her new film, Eileen.

“I just remembered one of the very first questions I ever got asked when I started acting and had to do press was: Are you a good girl or a bad girl?” Hathaway told the outlet. “I was 16.”

Anne Hathaway attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

Hathaway, now 40, noted that working with Eileen’s director William Oldroyd was a positive experience as the pair set out to make a movie centred on a young female protagonist.

“My 16-year-old self wanted to respond [to the journalist] with this film,” Hathaway said, referencing Eileen.

The Oscar-winner was especially impressed with Oldroyd’s past work on the 2016 drama series Lady Macbeth.

“I thought it was an extraordinary work,” she said, according to Variety.

“I saw a study of female complication that hit me really, really deep, and I felt like Will was a filmmaker that could be trusted to tell complicated stories, especially about females.”

Hathaway stars in Eileen. Picture: Steve Granitz/WireImage

Eileen is based on a novel written by Ottessa Moshfegh about a young woman trying to survive an impoverished life in Boston during the 1960s. Hathaway plays the role of Rebecca, who befriends Eileen while working in prison.

Hathaway started her acting career at a young age and has gone on to star in multiple Hollywood blockbusters and earn multiple accolades, including an Oscar and a Prime time Emmy Award.

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