Mira Sorvinogot candid about her experiences in Hollywood at90s Conthis weekend.
“When I was nominated versus won, there were clauses in my contracts that were present at the time that ‘if she wins, she gets this…’ But I definitely got more money because I made $10,000 for the film I won the Oscar for. I moved into a different echelon at that point,” she said during the event held in Hartford, Connecticut.
“For me, it was definitely an upgrade in terms of scripts being offered, but I was basically not known before,” she continued. “I mean, it was my 10th film, but I wasn’t a household name. I had some press on a few different projects, likeQuiz ShowandBarcelona, but people didn’t really know who I was. So it turned me through that Oscar season into a known actress rather than an unknown actress.”
The actress apologized to the crowd as she began to tear up, noting that in 1998 she “rejected him the third time.”
Mira Sorvino is pictured attending The Art of Elysium’s 25th Anniversary HEAVEN Gala at The Wiltern on January 06, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Phillip Faraone/Getty
Phillip Faraone/Getty
Sorvino previously came forward withallegations of sexual misconductagainst Weinstein.
Sorvino said she"didn’t know at the time what was happening" to her career, but she was allegedly no longer getting offers for roles. “It became, you know, a sort of feeling like fate was just not going on my side but it was going to be just a matter of time ‘till I was gonna get back my status,” she said.
“But then, I got married. I became a mother,” she continued. “I became a UN Goodwill Ambassador in Human Trafficking, [which has] just been a huge part of my life. It’s a position I’ve held since 2009, officially. But yeah, my family. My family is my everything and I don’t see my worth as being a famous actress. I see my worth as being a good person.”
Mira Sorvino at 90s Con 2024.Presley Ann/ Shutterstock
Presley Ann/ Shutterstock
“Sexualization is like a mainstay of this business. So it’s very confusing to be, you know, a young girl and know that they’re checking on your viability, according to how sexy you are. You know that right? You do know that there’s something going on,” Sarandon, 77, continued. “They call it a chemistry thing or whatever they want to call it. But that is part of what you’re bringing to the table. Whether you like that or not, that exists. There was this big flourish of this whole thing and then Harvey Weinstein, thank God was punished against all odds. But I don’t think we’ve done the cleanup afterwards that we should be doing.”
(L-R) Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon and Mira Sorvino at 90s Con 2024.Presley Ann/ Shutterstock
In recent years, Sorvino nabbed roles inSound of Freedom(2023),Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend(2022),After Ever After(2022) andImpeachment: American Crime Story(2021). She also recently appeared in the critically-acclaimed, yet, short-lived Starz series,Shining Vale.
All three panelists and Oscar winners were part of some of the most beloved films from the ’90s:Davis memorably starred inA League of Their Own(1992),Stuart Little(1999) andThe Long Kiss Goodnight(1996). She won her Oscar in 1989 for her role inThe Accidental Tourist. Sarandon’s movies from that decade includeStepmom(1998),Little Women(1994) andDead Man Walking(1995), for which she won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 68th Oscars.
Both Davis and Sarandon received Oscar nominations in the Best Actress category for those roles, and the movie was entered into theLibrary of Congress’ National Film Registryin 2016.Thelma & Louisealso starred Harvey Keitel and Michael Madsen. It is also remembered as featuring one ofBrad Pitt’s early standout performances.
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