The actress felt “gross” profiting from the true-crime film.
October is home to many awareness months, including Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which makes it the ideal month for Netflix to release Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut “Woman of the Hour” — a film that Kendrick didn’t make any money on.
On a recent episode of the popular true-crime podcast “Crime Junkie” on which Kendrick appeared, host Ashley Flowers stated she was surprised to learn that Kendrick didn’t make any money on the film.
“There are really valid ethical questions surrounding true crime,” said Kendrick.
“It was never a money-making venture for me, but it wasn’t until the week before the Toronto Film Festival that I thought ‘Oh, the movie is going to make money, there is going to be money exchanging hands.’ And I asked myself if I felt gross about this and I did.”
“Woman of the Hour” premiered at the 2023 TIFF and Netflix eventually picked it up. …