Robin Wright Defends Her Character In ‘Forrest Gump’ Against Being Painted As Anti-Feminist
deadline.comRobin Wright defended her character Jenny in Forrest Gump against interpretations that she was an “anti-feminist” archetype.
In a new interview for The New York Times alongside Here co-star Tom Hanks, Wright was asked what she makes of discussions surrounding Jenny’s seeming “punishment” for living a life of freedom.
The six-time Oscar winning romantic drama and historical fiction tale shows Wright’s leading woman embarking on a “freewheeling” life — an upbringing filled with child abuse contributed to her drug use, sex work and overall flighty nature — ultimately ending in her death from an unnamed illness (later said by director Robert Zemeckis to be related to AIDS). “No!
It’s not about that,” Wright said. “People have said she’s a Voldemort to Forrest. I wouldn’t choose that as a reference, but she was kind of selfish.
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