Evan Rachel Wood on dating Marilyn Manson: I thought I was in love
Evan Rachel Wood covers the latest issue of The Edit. She’s really giving me strong Robin Wright vibes here. It’s not just the haircut (although the two women have very similar hairstyles), but facially, they are very similar. ERW even played Robin’s daughter in the completely underrated The Conspirator and the casting was simply perfect (plus, James McAvoy was wonderful in that film too). Anyway, Evan hasn’t done much press lately, partly because she hasn’t had many big projects to promote and partly because she really doesn’t want to talk about herself. She’s barely had one public word to say since she split with Jamie Bell last year. In this interview, she gives up quotes about Jamie, her thing with Marilyn Manson and more. But we still don’t know her son’s name! Isn’t that crazy?
Turning 28: “I turn 28 in a couple of weeks and I can’t wait! I love getting older. I feel like your twenties are such a s**t show, I just want to get to 30 and say, ‘I made it!’”
Becoming an actress in her teens: “I was very shy and insecure. I was expected to handle myself like an adult, but I didn’t have the tools. All I knew was how to be an actor and work a red carpet. I didn’t know what I wanted or who I was outside of the industry. You start thinking, ‘Do people even like me as a person?’ [My parents] didn’t want anything bad to happen, so they held on tight – so tight that I couldn’t breathe. And I pushed away really hard. I was like, ‘Wait a minute, I didn’t get to be a teenager and make mistakes!’ I felt I’d been cheated.”
Her relationship with Marilyn Manson: “I thought I was in love. I wasn’t doing it to prove a point or be rebellious. I wanted to break a mold for sure – I knew I was edgier, more alternative, and weird. And he was just what I needed, because I felt really free with him. And that freedom was attractive.”
The backlash she got for “homewrecking” his marriage to Dita Von Teese: “People were cruel. You build immunity to that sort of thing, but I wasn’t used to negative feedback, so it got to me. Then I got angry, and pushed away even more. I wouldn’t trade any of [our relationship]. I appreciate everything he taught me. I just don’t think we were right for each other.”
Her bisexuality: “I knew it was part of me, but I hadn’t allowed myself to explore it. I didn’t realize how crippling it was until I finally opened that door and went, ‘Wow!’”
Giving birth to her son by candlelight: “It was a psychedelic experience. I felt like I was hitting every corner of the room. Everything was vibrating.”
She still loves her ex-husband Jamie Bell: “Jamie’s lovely. He was the love of my life.”
Her plans for the future: “Life doesn’t give a s**t about your plans… I don’t want to have another baby, but my little sister is adopted, and I was hoping that one day I could do that…”
Evan has always said variations on the “Marilyn was a great teacher” thing post-split. She was 19 years old when they got together and he was 36. Of course he was “teaching” her about life. She was a sheltered child actress and it was obvious she thought he was, like, the coolest person in the world (he is not and he never was). As for Evan giving birth by candlelight… hippie nonsense. At least she has nice things to say about Jamie. I still have hope that they’ll get back together at some point.
Photos courtesy of The Edit.
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