“Stranger Things” actress Grace Van Dien said she is taking a break from acting after being sexually harassed by a producer.
The star did not identify the perpetrator when discussing the incident during a Twitch stream on Tuesday, but said it happened in one of the last movies we made. She said she “turned down four movies” in recent weeks and stayed home playing video games.
“Some people are mad at me for turning down acting projects and deciding to broadcast more, but the truth is that the last few projects I’ve worked on I haven’t had the best experiences with some of the people I’ve had to work with. with said Van Dien, on IndieWire.
Van Dien, who played Chrissy Cunningham in the hit Netflix series, said she doesn’t feel safe from harassment. Gaming sessions, she said, allow her to “choose who I hang out with, who I talk to.”
“When people say, ‘How is streaming better for your mental health?’ Here’s how it’s done,” Van Dien said. “I can sit in my house and play video games without my boss asking me to have sex with him. It’s better for my sanity that way.”
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Van Dien claimed the unnamed producer “hired a girl he was sleeping with” and asked her to “ask me to do a threesome with them.”
“Like, this is my boss,” she said on Twitch, according to IndieWire. “I didn’t and I cried and was so upset.”
Van Dien said another cast member saw the proposal and hitchhiked. He added that he “had a miserable time” during the film’s production and “cried a lot during the shoot”.
“That’s why I’m going to stick with streaming for a while, and I hope it’s not a huge wrench in your plans for me, but I’m happy here,” she said, adding that she’s developing plans for her own projects. .
“I hope someone decides to fund them so I can control my set and not ask my actors to sleep with me,” he said. “So it’s great, huh?”
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