Anna Kendrick reveals she donated entire profit of new Netflix film to charity after it made her feel ‘gross’
Anna Kendrick has revealed she donated her entire profit from her latest flick to charity after it made her feel ‘gross’.
The star’s directorial debut which she also features in has been trending on Netflix, currently sitting in the top three films on the site in the UK.
It's inspired by the true story of Cheryl Bradshaw’s (played by Kendrick) appearance on 70s dating show, The Dating Game, and her encounter with serial killer Rodney Alcala (Daniel Zovatto).
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The film - called Woman of the Hour - divided viewers as some slammed it for ‘not even trying’ with one major part of the tale while others on Rotten Tomatoes called it their ‘favourite movie of the year’.
But it’s certainly a creepy story as Alcala appeared on the dating show in the middle of his killing spree.
And despite having picked him, Bradshaw ended up refusing to go on a date with the man as she found him creepy when they actually met face to face.
He had been introduced as a photographer who was interested in skydiving and motorbiking but there hadn’t been a background check on him.
If that had been done, the show would’ve found a conviction for child molestation in 1971 after authorities tracked him down following his appearance on an FBI Most Wanted poster, spending nearly three years in prison.
And those photos he’d taken actually played a role in his trials when he was eventually caught and charged with murder. Alcala was sentenced to death in 1980 for killing a 12-year-old girl and was later found guilty of further crimes, including eight murders.
Although it is thought by authorities he killed well over 100 women.
Kendrick’s film tells the harrowing story of his victims and with the haunting subjects it depicts, she decided she was not at all comfortable with keeping the earnings from it.
So, the star decided to instead donate it to nonprofit organisations that help victims of violent crime.
In an interview on SiriusXM's Crime Junkie AF podcast, Kendrick said: “Once I realised, ‘Oh there’s going to be money exchanging hands,’ I asked myself the question, ‘Do you feel gross about this?'”
She added: “And I did. So I’m not making money off the movie. The money is going to RAINN and the National Centre for Victims of Crime.”
Users online praised her for this move as many called her ‘dope as hell’.
Woman of the Hour is available to stream on Netflix.
Topics: Celebrity, TV and Film, Netflix, Money
Jess Battison