Christina Ricci wants Hollywood to return to “being run by people who love film”
Christina Ricci has accused Hollywood of becoming an increasingly corporate world, saying the roots of the industry need to return to “being run by people who love film and TV”.
The actor is the latest custodian of a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She accepted her award on March 6th in recognition of her seismic 35-year career at a prestigious ceremony. But amid the celebrations, she stopped to speak to IndieWire about the potentially threatened artistic future of the industry.
Ricci said: “I hope that we are able to get back to things being run by people who love film and TV — instead of by people who run corporations really well. She added: I would say that’s the only thing I notice as an artist that is very challenging.”
Mastering the leap from child star to independent movie heavyweight, Ricci’s varied roles The Addams Family to Grey’s Anatomy to Yellowjackets has now earned her a permanent place among the film and TV elite.
During her acceptance speech, she enthused: “From the moment I started acting, I knew it was meant to be. I’m only here and will forever now be here at Hollywood and Argyle — I’m going to haunt my star when I die, so I’ll just always be here — I’m only here because of the incredible people in my life who have travelled this road with me.”
Ricci’s comments surrounding the capitalisation of the industry comes after a fraught period for Hollywood, whether it be in the pernicious growing use of AI or in the ongoing gender inequalities faced by women working in the sphere.
For her own part, Ricci recently said her vocation as an actor was important as a method of escapism from her own difficult childhood.
“The film industry, it sort of rescued me from a childhood that was not very nice and a family that was not very safe,” she said last week. “So to be able to escape and do this thing where I was totally safe when I was getting validation from adults, and it was based on a skill that I had that was special, I think really, really saved me.”
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