# Do People Hate Anne Hathaway? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376 "2013-02-25T21:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/41 "2013-02-26T02:34:56Z")
She was great in Havoc. Also in “Rachel Getting Married” - which I though was her big breakout nominated role. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/42 "2013-02-26T02:42:37Z")
I don’t like her much. I saw her live on a late night TV show, and a question that came up was something like “What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you on a film shoot.” I can’t recall her exact words, but she said something along the lines of that something slipped and gave her a cut on the knee. Then she started saying about how awful and horrible it was and how terrified she was, but that it was alright because they had a plastic surgeon on set who was able to make sure it didn’t scar. Through the story, she sounded genuinely shaken and emphasized how traumatic it was. Never once did she even hint that it’s kind of spectacular to have plastic surgeons on call at your workplace to make sure you don’t get a scar on your knee, you know, in a country where many people don’t have access to much health care at all. She mentioned the surgeon like you or I would bring up getting a bandaid from the office first aid kit. The way she told the story rubbed me the wrong way. The contrast between the “Aww gee I’m just folks” and how completely out of touch she seemed to be with normal life was just too much. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/43 "2013-02-26T02:48:21Z")
She caught my attention in _Rachel Getting Married_, which I thought was one hell of a performance. She may be over-exposed (in one way or another) at the moment, but I hope to get a chance to see her mature and grow into some more demanding roles. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/44 "2013-02-26T02:58:41Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > I had no problem with her until this awards season, because her campaign for the Oscar was so over-eager and all her acceptance speeches so precious and faux-modest that it really made me want to barf. And I realize that everyone campaigns for their awards, but she took it a step too far. > > I think she’s a good actress, I just want her to go away for a while. I didn’t see this as a product of any campaigning, but of the media blitz that appointed her the Sure Thing among an otherwise largely unpredictable Oscar race. The fact that there is so much more coverage of that race, means that she became ubiquitous through no fault of her own–she was trying to pimp she had in the theaters, after all. I think she probably wasn’t fake humble, but it’s hard to constantly come across as real humble when everyone else assumes you’re a foregone conclusion and that you secretly know it yourself. Her Golden Globe speech was better. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/45 "2013-02-26T03:18:19Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > She caught my attention in _Rachel Getting Married_, which I thought was one hell of a performance. I thought she was great in that–she hit just the right note. In general, as an actress, I think that she is OK and that she is very attractive; but, in interviews I have seen, she comes off as empty and shallow. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/46 "2013-02-26T03:35:56Z")
> [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](#): > > I don’t like her because she comes across like the over-eager, over-the-top, overly theatrical theater kids I knew in high school and college. (And I WAS a theater kid in high school.) She tries too hard. It’s annoying. I like my actors and actresses to be less… uh… _theatrical._ She bugs me. All of life is not a high school play. Yes. I hated Les Miserable, but that is not the reason this “new” Anne Hathaway has become somewhat annoying. (Although I wouldn’t go so far as say I hate her as the OP asks.) She just oozes “gosh and golly” with a sprinkle of “gee wilikers” and a dash of “oh my!”. Some people might buy into this role of precious, innocent waif, but I ain’t one of them. I think she reeks of insincerity, trying too hard to be the frail porcelan doll that needs a protective cuddle…my guess is she is more of a nasty little bitch with a vindictive side and would sooner stab you in the back than let you step on her lines in a movie or on stage. Sort of a grown up Bad Seed/All About Eve persona. Maybe I have been around too many theatrical divas, but this girl is milking it for all it’s worth and only the clueless are buying it…everyone else back stage is throwing up and hoping she really does break a fuckin’ leg. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/47 "2013-02-26T04:03:22Z")
Here’s Anne Hathaway being _deliberately_ fake with Jennifer Lawrence. [“Freezeframe Laugh!”](http://images.theage.com.au/2013/02/25/4061932/gal_lawrence_hathaway-620x414.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/48 "2013-02-26T04:17:30Z")
Sometimes, I think she’s a real looker, and sometimes I think she has eyes bigger than an anime schoolgirl and a big ol’ horsey mouth. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/49 "2013-02-26T04:22:01Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Sometimes, I think she’s a real looker, and sometimes I think she has eyes bigger than an anime schoolgirl and a big ol’ horsey mouth. This sums it up for me. I have the same issue with Keira Knightley, who sometimes looks utterly stunning and other times looks like an alien whose fake human skin is too tight. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/50 "2013-02-26T04:39:38Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Hm, hard to explain.. She’s a performer. She’s the girl in the high school that has to be the lead in every musical, has to have every solo in choir, etc. She has this energy about her of always being “on” that gets tiring. As if she’s playing a character who’s an overachieving actress, but then she never goes out of character… You could’ve just said Rachel Berry and saved yourself alot of typing. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/51 "2013-02-26T06:13:53Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > I don’t like her much. I saw her live on a late night TV show, and a question that came up was something like “What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you on a film shoot.” I can’t recall her exact words, but she said something along the lines of that something slipped and gave her a cut on the knee. Then she started saying about how awful and horrible it was and how terrified she was, but that it was alright because they had a plastic surgeon on set who was able to make sure it didn’t scar. Through the story, she sounded genuinely shaken and emphasized how traumatic it was. Never once did she even hint that it’s kind of spectacular to have plastic surgeons on call at your workplace to make sure you don’t get a scar on your knee, you know, in a country where many people don’t have access to much health care at all. She mentioned the surgeon like you or I would bring up getting a bandaid from the office first aid kit. > > The way she told the story rubbed me the wrong way. The contrast between the “Aww gee I’m just folks” and how completely out of touch she seemed to be with normal life was just too much. This is a bit uncharitable. She [cut](http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1422563.php/Anne_Hathaway_s_stunt_injury) her shins down to the bone, and she got 15 stitches. Her dresser and her make-up artist [urged](http://www.timessquaregossip.com/2008/06/anne-hathaway-injured-on-get-smart.html) her to see a plastic surgeon. Admittedly, though, it’s amusingly effete to hear someone quoting their dresser and make-up artist. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/52 "2013-02-26T06:16:09Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > This is a bit uncharitable. She [cut](http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1422563.php/Anne_Hathaway_s_stunt_injury) her shins down to the bone, and she got 15 stitches. Uncharitable? Heck, back when I was a 30 year old ingenue, I used to get 30 stitches on both arms every month. In the snow. Uphill both ways. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/53 "2013-02-26T06:38:45Z")
Has anyone ever seen Anne Hathaway and Sean Hayes at the same time? I think Anne is really Sean in drag. He is not only a great actor, but a great actress. As for phonies, they are actors. Duh. Of course they are phonies. Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis are the phoniest. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/54 "2013-02-26T07:59:35Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > This is a bit uncharitable. She [cut](http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1422563.php/Anne_Hathaway_s_stunt_injury) her shins down to the bone, and she got 15 stitches. Her dresser and her make-up artist [urged](http://www.timessquaregossip.com/2008/06/anne-hathaway-injured-on-get-smart.html) her to see a plastic surgeon. Admittedly, though, it’s amusingly effete to hear someone quoting their dresser and make-up artist. 😛 I’m sure it was a bad accident, and I am glad she got the right treatment. but the way she told the story came off as vapid and out of touch. Even her quotes in your linked article are pretty insufferable. Does anyone really believe she gamely argued for taking a Tylenol and continuing the shoot with her shins flayed open? Aww gee, isn’t she so quirky and brave! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/55 "2013-02-26T08:25:22Z")
Thing is, all the complaints aired here seem to apply to 90% of all of Hollywood. They are insufficient to explain the hate she is getting. And I’d rather have fake humility than real haughtiness. It’s not like she’s Zoey Dechannel\*, who actually acts haughty while pretending to be humble. Hathaway acts humble, even if you think that, behind the scenes, she really isn’t. \*Internet is really slow, so I’m not sure I spelled that right. Google is a luxury when pages take 15 refreshes to load. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/56 "2013-02-26T11:12:27Z")
I was going to post something pissy about how folks are bitching about a physical characteristic over which she has no control. I got waaay too cranky so I will leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/57 "2013-02-26T12:25:12Z")
I find her vaguely annoying, partly because she’s in everything these days and partly because she seems to want to have some indie cred while in fact she is smack dab in the middle of McActor territory. Also, she overacts and chews the scenery. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/58 "2013-02-26T12:42:59Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > This sums it up for me. I have the same issue with Keira Knightley, who sometimes looks utterly stunning and other times looks like an alien whose fake human skin is too tight. In the interests of science, I will be happy to take both actresses and go carefully over them inch-by-inch to ensure that we have no alien actresses among us. Sometimes you just gotta take one (or two) for the team… ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/59 "2013-02-26T12:57:06Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > Never liked her. Just plain unattractive imo. Bug-eyed and a Joker mouth. That’s why I was so confused when I saw _The Dark Knight Rises_. I kept screaming “look out Batman, it’s the Joker!” Man, did people in the theater get pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/60 "2013-02-26T13:54:29Z")
I don’t like her either. She is unappealing to me and not very attractive, and I hate how she’s seemingly pushed at us as a sexpot. She isn’t a very good actress IMO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376.md?page=4)