Diane Kruger has revealed how her turn as Helen of Troy in Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 historical epic film came to be amid an uncomfortable circumstance.Speaking to Variety during the ongoing SXSW Festival, Kruger opened up about an audition process for “Troy” that left her feeling degraded.“I remember testing for ‘Troy’ and having to go to the studio head in costume,” Kruger recalled of the Wolfgang Petersen-directed film, which Warner Bros.
released in May 2004.
“And I felt like meat, being looked up and down and was asked, ‘Why do you think you should be playing this?’”While the “Swimming with Sharks” star did not name the Warner Bros.
executive she was referencing, Kruger continued, “I’ve been put in situations that were so inappropriate and so uncomfortable.
I think when I first started out, it just felt like, this is what it’s like.
This is what Hollywood is like.
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