Anne Hathaway recalls 'gross' chemistry tests from the early 2000s: 'Now we know better'
Los Angeles Times -

At the start of her career, Anne Hathaway said she didn't want to be labeled "difficult" so she went along with some of the crazy things the Hollywood audition process threw at her. One such thing, the "Les Misérables" Oscar winner said, involved chemistry tests that required her to kiss several actors. It was a "normal" request, she said, but a "gross" one and an antiquated relic of the pre-#MeToo era. “Back in the 2000s — and this did happen to me — it was considered normal to ask an actor to...

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