What’s Surprised Winona Ryder So Much?

What’s Surprised Winona Ryder So Much?

I can’t help but wonder: WHAT was Winona Ryder told that caused that look of surprise on her face?

Winona stopped outside of ITV studios in London after an interview to sign autographs and apparently, someone shocked her. I hope we get to see more of her during the awards season. Did you see her in ‘Black Swan‘? Amazing!


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Winona Ryder Talks About Her “Semi-Breakdown”

 

 Winona Ryder Talks About Her “Semi-Breakdown”

We read a bit about how Winona Ryder thinks Mel Gibson is “homophobic” yesterday afternoon while reading her recent GQ interview. Today, we learn more about the “semi-breakdown” she suffered when she was 23 years old. If you remember, she was caught shoplifting and addicted to pills.

“I got really wiped out, and I had a semi-breakdown. I wasn’t sleeping, I didn’t know who I was because of different roles.

“Those things. I think they’re more powerful than people think. People think, ‘Oh, heroin’s the hardest,’ but pills can be…

“I broke my arm in two places. For about a month, I had to take it. But then I just kept taking it for, like… maybe three more weeks. But the thing I do remember is that once my arm was OK and they were still there, you kind of like… “

Thank goodness she was strong enough to shake it.

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Winona Ryder Opens Up To GQ

 Winona Ryder Opens Up To GQ

I’m so glad Winona Ryder is back to making movies! I’ve missed her. She stars in the movie ‘Black Swan’ (along with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis) as an aging ballerina who’s being pushed aside in favor of the younger dancers.

GQ writer Alex Pappademas thought the role was great for her.

“It’s the best role Ryder has had in years, but you could imagine some actresses having second thoughts about steering straight into that subtext,” writes Pappademas.

As it happens, Ryder, 39, did not. “I thought it was a cool parallel,” she says. “Being replaced by the young thing. I know that definitely happens in Hollywood. It’s harder to find good roles, and suddenly there’s new girls. I’m at that age I’ve been warned my whole life about.”

Winona also shared an interesting encounter with Mel Gibson.

“I remember, like, fifteen years ago, I was at one of those big Hollywood parties. And [Mel] was really drunk. I was with my friend, who’s gay. He made a really horrible gay joke. And somehow it came up that I was Jewish. He said something about ‘oven dodgers,’ but I didn’t get it. I’d never heard that before. It was just this weird, weird moment. I was like, ‘He’s anti-Semitic and he’s homophobic.’ No one believed me!”

I bet people believe her now! Apparently Winona declined to talk about the shoplifting incident, saying it’s something “she tries not to talk about.” You can read the entire interview here.

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