Winona Ryder's Beetlejuice Gig Led to Even More Bullying Than She Already Faced
Even an iconic role can have disastrous consequences for an actor's life.
Winona Ryder is one of the most appreciated Hollywood actresses of our time. Her roles in movies are the most majestic, even when she is not the lead.
And her road to success actually began long before her appearances in shows like Stranger Things.
In the 90s, Winona Ryder was considered a true IT girl. She was different from the other female stars of the time, like Jennifer Aniston or Reese Witherspoon, who mostly played the nice, simple girl characters in shows and movies.
But that wasn't the way for Ryder. Her looks were different, and that made her a natural for the most mysterious and even dark roles.
Fans and producers called her a woman with disenchanted eyes and that, together with her kind of porcelain face, made her the true star of Tim Burton's genre movies.
In 1988, she starred in Burton's future hit, Beetlejuice. It was horror mixed with comedy, and frankly, to this day, the movie is considered one of his best creations.
Ryder was still a schoolgirl when she starred in the movie. And actually that time in school wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, as she was bullied a lot because she wasn't a typical girl.
For a moment, Winona was happy to become famous and hoped that the bullying would stop.
But that never happened. In fact, it got worse. In Beetlejuice, Ryder played the role of goth teen Lydia Deetz. And the character seemed controversial to audiences her age.
They even started to call her a witch, and that didn't stop for quite a while.
Unfortunately, her classmates were not the only ones who treated her that way. It seems that Hollywood turned their backs on her as well, especially after the huge shoplifting scandal that tarnished her name.
Today, however, she has completely redeemed herself, becoming a successful TV star in Stranger Things, with a fandom made up mostly of school-age viewers.