Anna Kendrick Opened Up About Moving Away From Comedy Roles After Her Abusive Relationship

This article discusses domestic abuse.Over the past couple of years, Anna Kendrick has detailed her experiences of “emotional” and “psychological abuse” in a past relationship.Gilbert Flores / WWD via Getty ImagesBack in 2022, Kendrick played a woman stuck in an abusive relationship in the film "Alice, Darling." She later told People that she felt the film “resonated” with her personal experience.The following year, she recalled feeling unsafe in her now-ex-partner’s presence during a raw episode of Dax Shepard’s "Armchair Expert."Variety / Variety via Getty ImagesAnna described this partner as her “husband” for “all intents and purposes” and noted that they’d been together for six years.“About six years in, about somewhere around there, I remember telling my brother, when things had first kind of gone down, ‘I’m living with a stranger.

Like, I don’t know what’s happening,’” she recalled.“It was so alarming, and it was so much easier for me to assume I was crazy or I was doing something wrong,” she said.“I can’t bring up the fact that I’m scared of you because when I do, you get really scary,” she recalled thinking.In 2023, Kendrick made her directorial debut with "Woman of the Hour," a film based on the true story of a young woman who pairs with a serial killer and sex offender on a dating show.Amanda Edwards / Getty ImagesAdvertisement Now, Kendrick has opened up further about her past relationship during a new interview with the Independent.Variety / Variety via Getty Images“Sometimes the most torturous thing isn’t just the disrespect or mistreatment, but the fact that everyone’s acting like it’s not happening,” Kendrick shared.“Which then convinces you that something’s not happening.

It makes you question whether you’re making all of it up, or if you’re being paranoid or too sensitive.”Frazer Harrison / Getty Images“You sound crazy.You’re dismissed.

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