Jena Malone reveals the place she’s at in her therapeutic course of after she was assaulted by somebody she labored with on The Hunger Games franchise.
Jena Malone has revealed that she is a sexual assault survivor, opening up on the expertise with a submit shared to Instagram (by way of Deadline). The submit consists of a picture of Malone from the set of the ultimate installment of the Hunger Games collection, 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. In the caption, which features a set off warning, Malone speaks concerning the conflicting feelings she has together with her work on the Hunger Games films, because the assault occurred throughout their manufacturing, ceaselessly tainting the expertise.
“This picture was taken proper after I wrapped mocking Jay half two and I needed to say goodbye to everybody on set,” Malone explains. “We had been taking pictures in a wonderful property within the countryside of France and I requested the motive force to let me out on this area so I may cry and seize this second. Even tho this time in Paris was extraordinarily onerous for me, was going through a foul break up and likewise was sexually assaulted by somebody I had labored with, I used to be so stuffed with gratitude for this undertaking, the individuals I grew to become shut with and this wonderful half I acquired to play.”
Malone continued, “A swirling mixture of feelings im solely now simply studying to kind through. I want it wasn’t tied to such a traumatic occasion for me however that’s the actual wildness of life I suppose. How to carry the chaos with the sweetness. I’ve labored very onerous to heal and be taught through restorative justice, learn how to make peace with the one that violated me and make peace with myself. It’s been onerous to speak concerning the starvation video games and Johanna Mason with out feeling the sharpness of this second in time however I’m prepared to maneuver through it and reclaim the enjoyment and accomplishment I felt.”
Malone additionally notes that she’s right here for different sexual assault survivors and has made herself accessible to talk with for anybody who desires to share their very own tales in a personal, secure area with somebody who understands.
“Lots of affection to you survivors on the market,” Malone says. “The course of is so sluggish and non linear. I wish to say im right here for anybody who wants to speak or vent or open uncommunicated areas inside themselves. Please dm me in case you want a secure area to be heard.”
Jena Malone on Why She Won’t Name Her Assailant
While Malone famous that the person who’d assaulted her was somebody she labored with, she didn’t title the individual. Some individuals within the feedback responded to the omission, however Malone defined her reasoning for this. In response to 1 remark that the assailant walked away scot-free, Malone wrote, “That’s not true. I used restorative justice to permit therapeutic and accountability and progress with the opposite individual. It was a tough course of however one I imagine actually helped me transfer through among the hardest components of the grief.”
The actress added in one other response that she did not see how “cancel tradition” or the legal justice system “may absolutely restore my therapeutic.”
Malone just lately appeared in the horror movie Swallowed and will be seen in Zack Snyder’s subsequent film, Rebel Moon, which is within the works at Netflix. She has additionally joined the forged of Kevin Costner’s upcoming Western Horizon alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, and Jamie Campbell Bower.