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Winona Ryder Recalls Agent Begged Her Not To Take ‘Heathers’ Role
Although the film eventually became a cult classic, even Winona Ryder's agent wasn't a fan of her 1988 teen dark comedy 'Heathers'.
The Academy Award nominee recalled that her agent begged on bended knee for her not to take the part of Veronica Sawyer in the “very subversive” teen dark comedy from writer Daniel Waters and director Michael Lehmann. Recalling the audition process, Ryder said in a video for Harper’s Bazaar, “I wasn’t considered pretty enough, so I went across the street to the Beverly Center, to the Macy’s counter. The film has since inspired an Off-Broadway musical and a short-lived 2016 TV reboot that was quickly cancelled after it was met with similar criticism as its source material.
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