'Woman of the Hour' director Anna Kendrick donates profits to charity, thinks she's made 'gross' money

Oscar nominated actress and Doomsday woman Director Anna Kendrick has revealed that she donated her profits from sales of her feature directorial debut to two different charities after feeling “gross” about the thought of making financial gains for her work on a new Netflix film about a real-life serial killer.

39 years old air up And Pitch perfect The star said this recently Crime junkie AF podcast that he felt conflicted about “some legitimate moral questions surrounding true crime” when discussing the film, and that he never intended the film to be “a money-making venture” for him. He said he didn't consider that possibility until the film debuted at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

“Eventually, Netflix bought the movie. But, it wasn't until the week before TIFF that I thought, oh, the movie is going to make money,” Kendrick continued. “We just made the deadline to get into TIFF, then it was like, money's going to go hand in hand. I asked myself the question, 'Do you feel gross about this?' And I did.”

Kendrick emphasized that he was “not making money off the movie,” and that “the money went to RAINN and the National Center for Victims of [of Crimes]”

The star said the issue was still a “complicated area”, although he would donate any money he pocketed from the film after dramatizing real-life events “I felt like it should be done”.

Reached for comment, a spokeswoman for the National Network for Rape, Abuse and Torture provided Entertainment Weekly Along with an email statement from the organization's founder and president, Scott Berkowitz.

“We are so grateful to Anna Kendrick for supporting RAINN and all survivors and for being a compassionate storyteller in raising awareness about sexual violence,” the statement said. Her donation will help us continue to provide free, 24/7 support through RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline.”

A rep for Kendrick also confirmed to EW that the actress donated to both charities Crime junkie AF podcast

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EW has reached out to representatives from Netflix and the National Center for Victims of Crime for more information.

Kendrick's first outing as a director-star proved popular, as the film shot to No. 1 on Netflix's streaming charts after its release in early October. The film follows the disturbing true story of a serial killer named Rodney Alcala, who appeared in a 1978 episode. The dating game In his crime.

Doomsday woman Now streaming on Netflix.