Dakota Johnson is speaking out on behalf of grandmother Tippi Hedren, who starred in two of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most acclaimed films — and was left scarred from the experience.
During a live taping of The Hollywood Reporter‘s “Awards Chatter” podcast, as reported by People, Johnson discussed the trauma her grandmother endured while making “The Birds” and “Marnie”, which Hedren has detailed in her 2016 memoir and which formed the basis of the 2012 HBO movie “The Girl”.
During the podcast taping, Johnson said her grandmother had always been “encouraging” of her acting aspirations, yet didn’t sugarcoat the sexual harassment she experienced during her heyday in the 1950s and ’60s READ MORE: ‘Birds’ Star Tippi Hedren Claims Director
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