Kaya Scodelario, who plays Effy Stonem in the Skins series, has just declared that she was the victim of s*xual abuse when she was 12 years old.
Scodelario posted on Twitter last October a message that said
It's taken me 13 years to say #MeToo. He is still protected by 'family members' in Brazil. They have lied to the press to try to shut me up
Now, the actress has spoken with Metro and told them that “The response has been incredible, it has been a relief but I am still working on it, and now I am dealing with a new aspect of the subject that is this”.
“Now they always ask me about it. I hope this doesn't define me, but it will always be under my name and I accept that. But I'm proud that I had the courage to do it and I'm grateful for the support I've had," added Scodelario.
The actress also spoke about the importance of the #MeToo movement, "it's something that happened to people you didn't know, but with #MeToo you realize that it can happen to your friend, your sister, the woman who serves you food in a restaurant, not only happens in the movies”.
"I remember being 12 years old and thinking that if there was just one woman I admired who would talk about going through this, I would have felt less guilty, and been inspired to think 'this is not going to stop me, this is something It happened to me, but I'm not going to victimize myself for it,'"
The actress is currently starring in the Maze Runner trilogy, and her latest installment, Maze Runner: The Death Cure opens tomorrow in the US. U.U.
Scodelario posted on Twitter last October a message that said
It's taken me 13 years to say #MeToo. He is still protected by 'family members' in Brazil. They have lied to the press to try to shut me up
Now, the actress has spoken with Metro and told them that “The response has been incredible, it has been a relief but I am still working on it, and now I am dealing with a new aspect of the subject that is this”.
“Now they always ask me about it. I hope this doesn't define me, but it will always be under my name and I accept that. But I'm proud that I had the courage to do it and I'm grateful for the support I've had," added Scodelario.
The actress also spoke about the importance of the #MeToo movement, "it's something that happened to people you didn't know, but with #MeToo you realize that it can happen to your friend, your sister, the woman who serves you food in a restaurant, not only happens in the movies”.
"I remember being 12 years old and thinking that if there was just one woman I admired who would talk about going through this, I would have felt less guilty, and been inspired to think 'this is not going to stop me, this is something It happened to me, but I'm not going to victimize myself for it,'"
The actress is currently starring in the Maze Runner trilogy, and her latest installment, Maze Runner: The Death Cure opens tomorrow in the US. U.U.
