Stranger Things star Grace Van Dien is taking a break from acting after she experienced sexual harassment on-set of an unnamed project.
During a recent Twitch stream, Van Dien, who played cheerleader Chrissy Cunningham in the latest season of the hit Netflix series, told fans she’s pausing her acting career after an unidentified movie producer propositioned her for a threesome.
Stranger Things star Grace Van Dien says she’s focusing on Twitch streaming instead of acting after producer asked her for sexual favors
“Here’s the thing, I have seen that some people are upset with me for turning down acting projects and deciding to stream more, but the fact of the matter is the last few projects I’ve worked on I didn’t have the best experiences with some of the people I had to work for,” Van Dien shared.
“One of the last movies I did, one of the producers asked me to… like, he hired a girl that he was sleeping with and then he had her ask me to have a threesome with them. So… that’s my boss. And then I didn’t and I cried and I was so upset. But when people are like, ‘How is streaming better for your mental health?’ That’s how. I get to stay inside my house and play video games and I don’t have my boss asking me to have sex with them.”
Van Dien added that she’s going to focus on streaming with the hopes of returning to Hollywood in the near future.
“I’m happy here, and I’m developing my own projects,” she said. “I’m hoping that someone decides to fund them because then I can be in control of my own set, and I’m not gonna ask my actors to sleep with me.”
