A-lister Anne Hathaway speaks up on ‘gross’ and ‘uncomfortable’ audition which involved 10 men

Ella Enchanted star Anne Hathaway revealed information in an interview with VMagazine of a time that she felt grossed out over a certain audition.

It is no surprise that young actresses were treated poorly in the past, with many coming forward about uncomfortable situations they were put in.

The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, for example, recently spoke out over a producer humiliating her and degrading her naked body, which left people shocked.

Hathaway, known for popular movies such as The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, and Brokeback Mountain, discussed a time when she had to kiss 10 men in one day for “chemistry testing.”

“Back in the 2000s - and this did happen to me - it was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry. Which is actually the worst way to do it.”

“I was told, ‘We have ten guys coming today and you’re cast.”

“Aren’t you excited to make out with all of them?’” she recalled.

“And I thought, ‘Is there something wrong with me?’”

“Because I wasn’t excited. I thought it sounded gross.”

“I was so young and terribly aware how easy it was to lose everything by being labelled ‘difficult,’ so I just pretended I was excited and got on with it.”

“It wasn’t a power play, no one was trying to be awful or hurt me.”

“It was just a very different time and now we know better.”

Although she didn’t reveal which audition it was for, fans speculated, and Donna Morong, the casting director for The Princess Diaries, gave a statement to the LA Times and denied the accusations.

“I certainly was not a part of any audition that required her to make out, or anyone else to, and it was not something done at Disney and Touchstone for the 15 years I was a casting executive in feature films, as far as I am aware of.”

“I have no reason to believe that Anne Hathaway would lie about experiencing that in other casting offices but it seems like a crazy way to measure whether two people have ‘chemistry,’ completely ineffective and I would agree, ‘gross,’” Morong continued.

“As Anne said in her article in ‘V,’ she loved working with Garry Marshall and never referenced making out with multiple actors during the casting of ‘Princess Diaries.’”