Anne Hathaway was refreshingly honest on the topic in a recent interview on ABC News’ Popcorn with Peter Travers, reflecting her worries that she had treated female directors unfairly in the past due to society’s ingrained preconceptions.
And I am, to this day, scared that the reason I didn’t trust her the way I trust some of the other directors I work with is because she’s a woman.”
“I’m so scared that I treated her with internalised misogyny,” she continued.
“I’m scared that I didn’t give her everything that she needed or I was resisting her on some level.