'Glass Onion' star Jessica Henwick, who said she would have gone into debt had she not dropped out of acting school, reflected on the issue of equity in the industry. 'It's definitely predisposed towards people of privilege,' she said.
In the whodunit film boasting a star-studded ensemble cast, Henwick plays Peg, the assistant and handler to model and sweatpants line founder Birdie . But her experience as a crew member was more than just a source of inspiration for her character — it was “hugely educational” for her as an actor, Henwick said.
Reflecting on her experience with Reeves, Henwick lamented the ways in which the Hollywood landscape has shifted. Henwick had always known the chances of her making it in Hollywood were slim, which she says informed her decision to drop out of acting school after being cast as the lead in the BBC series “Spirit Warriors” in 2009.“Maybe I got too big for my boots. I don’t know. I just think that I realized you don’t have to do that,” she said when asked why she quit. “If I had continued going to that school, I would have been in debt.
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