Olivia Wilde skilled severe fan backlash whereas starring on “House.”
The 40-year-old actress not too long ago instructed Selection that she acquired “insane death threats constantly coming into the studios” when her bisexual character on the medical drama sequence received into an interracial relationship with Omar Epps’ Dr. Eric Foreman.
Wilde mentioned that, amid the backlash, further safety was employed for her on the set of the present.
Wilde performed Remy “Thirteen” Hadley on “House” from 2007 to 2012.
On the time, Wilde was one of many solely folks to painting a bisexual character on primetime tv.
“Seeing what’s on television now, if you watch ‘Euphoria,‘ the fact that that my character was shocking and groundbreaking then, it’s like, no, it’s nothing,” Wilde instructed Selection on the Pink Sea Worldwide Movie Competition in Saudi Arabia.
She additionally defined how coping with hate from the general public can have an effect on her work in movie and TV.
“The damage that does to an artist is profound, because you stop being as fearless. I think once you fear that you will be judged, you become self conscious in a way that has never been good for any artist,” Wilde mentioned.
“A director mentor recently said to me that directors have to decide at a certain point, do you want to be a celebrity or an artist,” she continued. “Because of social media, it’s become even more combined.”
Earlier than “House,” Wilde had a recurring position on “The O.C.” as a bartender named Alex Kelly, who was additionally bisexual.
In a previous interview with Selection, the “Don’t Worry Darling” director mirrored on how critics had massive reactions to each of her queer TV roles.
“At the time, that was seen as really extraordinary, and it shouldn’t have been extraordinary. It should have been rather ordinary,” Wilde mentioned in 2022.
She added, “I think we could’ve gone a lot farther to create even more authentic portrayals. I never thought it should have made headlines that we had a same-sex relationship on a network show.”
In 2011, Wilde mirrored on how viewers had been livid when her and Epps, 51, kissed on-screen for the primary time in a 2009 episode of “House.”
“We got a lot of hate mail for that,” she shared. “There are racist people out there. We got hate mail that said that someone wanted to cut off my lips and kill me. We had extra security on set for a while.”
