Winona Ryder On Harvey Weinstein And Hollywood Blacklisting: 'He Did Not Like Me'

The "Beetlejuice" star recalled a series of "weird" experiences with Weinstein and explained why she became increasingly disillusioned with Hollywood.

Winona Ryder is sharing some of the most intimate details of her personal life and career.

The “Beetlejuice” star sat down for an interview with Esquire this week and said that, while she survived the reign of former Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein without being sexually assaulted, the studio “blacklisted” her for denying his advances.

Recalling a meeting with Weinstein, she told Esquire, “I went to the Miramax office and I extended my hand and he shook my hand and I sat on the couch and we had a conversation and I left. And [afterwards] I got like screamed at [by an agent].”

Ryder suggested Weinstein was expecting something more, noting that he’d barged into her trailer during the production of “The House of the Spirits” (1993) and urged her to star in his adaptation of the play “Little Voice.”

When she suggested he cast Jane Horrocks instead, as the “amazing” actor had starred in the role onstage in London, “he got very weird and he left.”