Anita is assaulted by the Jets gang. The Oscar winner, who will turn 90 on Dec. 11, reflected on making the film during an interview with “60 Minutes.”Of the scene, Moreno explained: “When we did the rape scene during rehearsals, when they were mauling me and all that, the boys, I pushed them away, and started to cry, and I could not stop. “All of those scars that I thought were healed just opened up.
I was like a wounded animal when I did it again,” she continued.“That is the scene that I know got me the Oscar,” Moreno said.The EGOT winner revealed in this year’s documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go for It” that she was raped by an agent when she was about 16 years old.She also had a very tumultuous relationship with.
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