The actress applauded that the new generations of Hollywood are less exposed to these situations
Christina Ricci became one of the most recognizable faces between the 1990s and early 2000s. Her characterization as Merlina in The Addams Family tapes is applauded to this day, however, this was only the beginning of her success. a long career full of achievements with films like Buffalo '66, Fear and Madness in Las Vegas, and Monster.
Ricci has worked in both film and television for a decade, her most recent project being Yellowjackets, where she plays the character Misty, who as a young woman had to survive for over a year in the wild after that his plane crashed. As part of the show's promotion, the actress gave an interview to The View program, and among various topics that were discussed, Ricci confessed that years ago she was threatened with being sued if she did not perform an S- scene.
"Someone once threatened to sue me because I didn't want to do this S- scene a certain way," Ricci told hosts Sara Haines, Meghan McCain, Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, and Joy Behar. In 2022, Ricci participated in the Variety Actors on Actors show, where the actress shared with Emmy nominee Sidney Sweeney that during the filming of a movie she had been threatened with a lawsuit for refusing a scene, however, Ricci h hadn't said what kind of scene it was until now.
Ricci also assured that, despite receiving these threats, she continued with her position, and at the end of the day she never received any lawsuit, however, this awkward moment was the result of an industry that has gradually improved its treatment of its actresses. thanks to the various social movements that have been unleashed in recent years.
“She's really cool. We older women talk about it all the time. It's amazing to see that they (the younger actresses) don't necessarily have to go through what we had to go through. They can say: 'I don't want to do this S- scene,' 'I'm not going to be N-,'” says the 43-year-old actress.
Regarding the issue of nudity in front of cameras, Ricci told Sweeney at the time that she often felt compelled to do it, and each time she felt very ashamed.
“What bothered me the most was that others felt uncomfortable with me N-. So what I did, and they probably wouldn't let you know, was go N-. I was like, 'Don't make me feel weird like I'm the person to be ashamed of'... I haven't done an S- scene in a couple of years. I'm at that age where they don't ask you to do them so much anymore. I mean, I don't really enjoy them."
Thus, after just over 30 years of career, Christina Ricci confessed that it is until now, on the set of Yellowjackets, that she has been able to see a real change within the industry. “With the conversations we had on our set about privacy and comfort with people, it was the first time I realized that things have really changed,” said the 43-year-old actress.
Like the vast majority of interpreters in Hollywood, Christina Ricci has lived through several ups and downs in her career, be it the scarcity of roles or abuses of authority like the one she narrated in The View. However, private life can also be an important factor so that the histrionics can develop freely in front of the cameras, and it is that, in addition to these uncomfortable moments, Ricci also lived in 2020 a scandalous divorce that, according to the same actress, had become a relationship full of physical and verbal violence for several years before.
The situation reached such a point that Christina Ricci confessed that her ex-partner, James Heerdegen, tried to kill her during a vacation in New Zealand. Today, Heerdegen has a restraining order that stipulates that he must stay at least 200 meters away from Christina and Freddie, the son he shares with the actress.
Today, Christina Ricci is remarried to musician Mark Hampson with whom she had a daughter named Cleopatra, and with the filming of Yellowjacket and the second season of the new Merlina adaptation on the way, the future looks very bright for the acclaimed actress.
