Winona: I Have "No Resentment" Toward Angelina Jolie

Us Magazine - June 1, 2009 10:15 AM PDT
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Winona Ryder says she has no ill-will toward Angelina Jolie, who received most of the praise for their 1999 mental hospital drama Girl, Interrupted.

Although Ryder was the film's lead (and executive producer), Jolie's performance garnered more buzz and landed her a 1999 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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"I knew from the outset that whoever played Lisa was going to get all the attention," Ryder tells the July issue of Empire magazine. "At one point they asked if I wanted to play Lisa and I said, 'No, I want to be Susanna.'"

"But there was no resentment," Ryder went on. "When it came out, people almost felt bad for me. But I expected it all along. I was really happy with the film, and really proud of it."

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If anything, Ryder said she felt bad for Jolie.

"At the time I worked with her, she was battling her looks because she's so beautiful," she said. "She wanted very much to be taken seriously and not just judged on her looks. And she conquered that."

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Ryder also confirmed a sequel is in the works to her 1988 cult film Heathers.

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"Whatever you hear, there is a sequel in the works. I swear to God," she told the magazine. "But for some reason the writer Dan Waters and director Michael Lehman don't want to talk about it. I've been wanting to do a sequel forever. There is a story, and Christian [Slater] has agreed to come back as a kind of Obi-Wan character."

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  • judith yates
    I think there both beautiful, an very good actresses
    report abuseposted July 1, 2009 9:38 PM PDT
  • judith yates
    I think there both beautiful, an very good actresses
    report abuseposted July 1, 2009 9:38 PM PDT
  • __A_YAHOO_USER__
    Hey PsychoSpice, why are you always bashing white people you Filthy %@!*#...........
    report abuseposted June 19, 2009 8:16 PM PDT
  • Callie
    They are two awesome actresses. Winona has always been one of my favorite. Jolie has really grown on me and now, she is my all time favorites. She is just so versatile.
    report abuseposted June 3, 2009 3:35 PM PDT
  • ceciliac
    I like Ryder and hope she does well in the movies as she deserves the chance to show her talent. I love Jolie but Ryder is also a beauty.
    report abuseposted June 3, 2009 2:50 PM PDT
  • Hello
    I agree. Shoplifter.
    report abuseposted June 3, 2009 2:48 PM PDT
  • Kathleen
    Ryder couldn't have pulled off the role of Lisa. She was better cast as Susanna. She knows that. Silly article.
    report abuseposted June 3, 2009 2:40 PM PDT
  • Sisi
    Yeah. I have no resentment but they asked me first. Okay. LOL. The thing is Angie would of proably won for the role you did too.
    report abuseposted June 3, 2009 8:02 AM PDT
  • jazzy g
    yeah they asked her first....uh huh.
    report abuseposted June 2, 2009 5:12 PM PDT
  • PsychoSpice™
    SHOPLIFTER.
    report abuseposted June 2, 2009 6:20 AM PDT
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