At a special screening of Jennifer’s Body in Los Angeles on Oct. 25, Megan Fox reflected on the difficult period she faced while filming the 2009 cult classic. The actress, now 39, said she was “lost” and filled with “anger and rage” at the height of her fame following Transformers (2007).
Asked what advice she would give her younger self, Fox admitted:
Oh, I don’t know that I would give myself advice. I think where I was at that point in my life, so lost, so full of that rage that I had towards how I had been treated in the industry, and how I was dealing with fame and the constant … at that time, before we started filming.
Recalling her experience with the media, Fox described how “ruthless” paparazzi were during that period.
I just left a premiere for something where I had to go — I’m obligated to go — and I remember the paparazzi were so ruthless back then — the way they would talk to women. And I walked out just to try to get to my car, and they’re all shooting. And one guy’s like, ‘Megan, why are you such a bitch?’ And another guy is like, ‘Megan, do you think you’re overrated? The internet says so,’ and I’m just trying to do my job.
She said
I was asked to be at this premiere. I’m trying to get to my car. And so I had all of this grief and sorrow and also anger and rage that needed a place to go. And like I said, being able to just have the permission to be unhinged even in between takes or maybe the entire time we were there, that was very cathartic for me.
Fox continued.
At the event, Fox discussed how deeply she connected to her character, Jennifer Check.
I read the script and I think it just resonated with me because there’s something about that, whether it’s just perceived or not, I felt like I was being persecuted at that time in my career, and I was struggling a lot with fame and kind of traumatized by fame.
she said.
And so I resonated with those deeper layers of… you know, before she becomes a monster, she’s just a teenage girl who gets sacrificed for somebody else’s gain. And that very much resonated because that’s kind of how I got… I came into this industry, I think I was 19 when I made my first big movie, and that, I felt like, was reflecting back these energies that existed inside of myself.
She explained
Embodying the character, Fox said:
Also gave me a place to put those qualities of myself that are really unhinged, that are not appropriate to express every day of your life, but are still there nonetheless. And so there was something so fun about getting to tap into that darker feminine energy that no one really wants to allow.
That was very healing for me. Because I was really struggling at that time. And if I had been able to warn myself or give myself advice or have any sort of grounding or clarity, I don’t think you would’ve gotten the performance that you got.
she added.
The actress made a rare public appearance at the Los Angeles screening nearly a year after giving birth to her daughter. She appeared in a corseted dress with red “blood drop” accents and joined a Q&A session following renewed reports of a Jennifer’s Body sequel in the works.
The film’s screenwriter, Diablo Cody, previously told PEOPLE she is hopeful a reboot or sequel “will happen” soon. Amanda Seyfried, who played Needy Lesnicki, also expressed enthusiasm earlier this year, saying, “I already said thumbs-up. I was like, ‘Whenever you’re ready, I’m ready’ … We all just had a lot of fun, so I wanna celebrate it by doing a sequel.”
Source: People
