Christina Ricci has revealed she used to “dread” costume fittings as a child actor, as it lead to people commenting on her imperfections.
In a new interview with Variety, the Addams Family and Yellowjackets star was asked if she ever had any traumatic experiences while growing up in the industry.
“I was really lucky in that I never had any heinous things happen to me, and nobody ever tried to take advantage of me sexually,” she said. “I was exposed to a few jerks, but for the most part, I was aware enough to understand that those people were being jerks and it had nothing to do with me.”
Ricci went on to explain, however, that she “hated” fittings and camera-test days because “I knew those were the days when everyone would look at me and talk about what was wrong with me, with my appearance and what they needed to fix. ‘We can’t ever shoot her from this side’.
“Those kinds of things growing up I did not enjoy,” she continued. “I remember just dreading those days. But I didn’t have anything horrible happen to me really. The little kind of developmental things and problems I was taught that weren’t healthy for me, I have been able to sort of work through and get through.
“The film industry, it sort of rescued me from a childhood that was not very nice and a family that was not very safe. So to be able to escape and do this thing where I was totally safe when I was getting validation from adults, and it was based on a skill that I had that was special, I think really, really saved me.”
Back in February, Ricci confessed that she “hates” the ’90s band Live, despite their music featuring prominently in the second season of Yellowjackets.
Ricci returns as Misty Quigley for the third season of Yellowjackets, which has already aired its first four episodes on Paramount+. Episode five will be available to stream on the service from Friday (March 7).