Anna Kendrick recently revealed that she made no money off of her work on Woman of the Hour, instead donating the money made from the movie to various charities.
Speaking to the Crime Junkie AF podcast, Kendrick revealed that after Netflix had bought the movie and just ahead of the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, she realized that the movie would actually be making money, and didn’t know if she felt “gross” about that aspect of it.
“Eventually, Netflix bought the movie. But, it wasn’t until the week before TIFF that I thought, ‘Oh, the movie’s going to make money,” Kendrick said. “We just barely made the deadline to get into TIFF, then it was like, there’s going to be money exchanging hands. I asked myself the question about, ‘Do you feel gross about this?’ And I did.”
Kendrick went on to say that she’s “not making money off of the movie” — which is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala and his 1978 appearance on the television show The Dating Game. Instead, Kendrick said, the money is being donated to RAINN (The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) and the National Center for Victims of Crimes.
What is Woman of the Hour about?
Woman of the Hour is directed by Kendrick from a screenplay written by Ian MacAllister McDonald. It is executive produced by Kendrick, Stuart Ford, Miguel A. Palos Jr., Zach Garrett, Paul Barbeau, Ian MacAllister McDonald, Sean Patrick O’Reilly, Joe Penna, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Russ Posternak, Andrew Deane, and Stephen Crawford. Producers are Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules serving as producers.
“In the 1970s Rodney Alcala went on a murder spree, luring women by posing as a photographer looking for models,” reads the synopsis. “Though already a registered sex offender and recently released from prison, he infamously appeared on The Dating Game, a show that introduced a set of three new bachelors each week, hidden from view as a woman asked them amusing questions before choosing a winner to go on an all-expenses-paid trip with her.”
Woman of the Hour is available to watch now on Netflix.
