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<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Woman of the Hour" is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala's appearance on a game show.</li><li>In the movie, he murders a young stewardess named Charlie in New York City in 1971.</li></ul>"<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-dating-game-cheryl-bradshaw-rodney-alcala-true-story-2024-10">Woman of the Hour</a>" tells the story of real-life serial killer Rodney Alcala's appearance on "The Dating Game" in 1978, in the middle of a murder spree.The film stars <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anna-kendrick-movie-roles-twilight-pitch-perfect-a-simple-favor-2024-10">Anna Kendrick</a> as Sheryl, an aspiring actor who agrees to appear as a bachelorette on the aforementioned ABC reality TV show. Unbeknownst to Sheryl, she ends up winning a date with Rodney (Daniel Zovatto), a murderer who fools everyone with his charming demeanor."Woman of the Hour" arrives on Netflix as subscribers are devouring true-crime documentaries and fictional retellings like Ryan Murphy's "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-the-lyle-and-erik-menendez-story-gets-wrong-2024-9">Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story</a>" and "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-sweet-bobby-kirat-assi-get-justice-after-catfished-2024-10">Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare</a>."In its first week of availability, "Woman of the Hour" amassed 9.9 million views and peaked at No. 2 on Netflix's weekly Top 10 list of the most-watched films.The movie is primarily set during Rodney's appearance on "The Dating Game," but it jumps to other points in time before and after his prime-time debut."Woman of the Hour" diverges from the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amy-laura-woman-of-the-hour-real-people-2024-10">real events</a> at times, but the character of Charlie (Kathryn Gallagher) has a tragic story that's eerily similar to one of Alcala's victims.<h2 id="3aefe9af-3221-43fe-a3f7-491ae74de38c">Stewardess Charlie meets Rodney while moving into her new apartment in 1971</h2><div type="image" title="Kathryn Gallagher as Charlie in &quot;Woman of the Hour.&quot;" height="1186" width="2880" msid="114705745" hostid="261" sizebytes="77040"></div>The film spends a few minutes showing Charlie's ill-fated encounter with Rodney in New York City. While unloading her boxes and furniture, she sees Rodney taking pictures across the street and asks for his assistance.After helping, Charlie offers him a beer and they chat. During their conversation, Rodney claims to be a recent New York University graduate who's on his way to New Hampshire to teach kids photography. He uses that as a segway to say that it's his last day in town and it's hard to meet people he can connect with. Since he's getting along with Charlie, he wants to savor the moment.Charlie seems to pick up on his creepy vibe and casually suggests that he leave so she can continue unpacking her stuff.Rodney notices her subtle shift and continues talking to her. While Charlie tells Rodney about the perks of being a stewardess, he interrupts to take her photo.Rodney attacks Charlie, and she tries to escape, but he pins her to the floor and pushes her head against it. Then, he grabs her nylon stockings and wraps them around her neck and eyes. He takes a picture of Charlie, much like the real Alcala did with his victims.That's the last time the movie shows Charlie.At the end of the film, a postscript over a shot of Charlie's ceiling window reads: "For over a decade Alcala had been reported to law enforcement by survivors and other private citizens without consequence."<h2 id="d2abcd07-884f-487f-ac31-dc0208235b76">Charlie is most similar to Cornelia Crilley, one of Alcala's victims in the '70s</h2><div type="image" title="Kathryn Gallagher as Charlie in &quot;Woman of the Hour.&quot;" height="1193" width="2878" msid="114705747" hostid="261" sizebytes="57332"></div>As detailed in an episode of "20/20," the real Alcala had repeated brushes with law enforcement before and after appearing on "The Dating Game." While on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, Alcala was a fugitive for three years. During that time, he attended NYU under the alias John Berger.While in New York City in the 1970s, Alcala met <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/nyregion/27unsolved.html">Crilley</a>, who grew up in Queens and wanted to be a Trans World Airlines (TWA) stewardess. After getting the job, Crilley moved into an apartment on the Upper East Side with some of her stewardess friends.On June 24, 1971, Crilley, 23, was found dead in her apartment. She was raped and strangled to death with nylon stockings. She also had bite marks on her breast.At the time, Crilley was new to the building and there were no suspects or leads. Alcala went on to be a camp counselor in New Hampshire.Crilley's case went unsolved for decades. Then in 2010, cold case detectives linked Alcala to the murders of Crilley and an heiress named Ellen Hover.In 2013, while on death row in California, Alcala pleaded guilty to the two murders and was sentenced to 25 years to life.<a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-death-penalty-whats-next-gavin-newsom-executive-order-2019-3">California placed a moratorium on the death penalty in 2019</a> and Alcala died of natural causes in July 2021 at age 77. According to the <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" class="" href="https://apnews.com/article/california-d9320a59e7987f11889e92cd63015780">Associated Press</a>, authorities estimated that Alcala might have killed 130 people across the US, but the true number is unknown.

Charlie from 'Woman of the Hour' has an eerily similar story to one of serial killer Rodney Alcala's real-life victims 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Woman of the Hour" is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala appearing on a dating show.</li><li>Amy, the film's young runaway, is inspired by Monique Hoyt, one of Alcala's targets who escaped.</li></ul>Netflix's new movie "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-dating-game-cheryl-bradshaw-rodney-alcala-true-story-2024-10">Woman of the Hour</a>" takes inspiration from the wild story of serial killer Rodney Alcala competing on a dating show, but recenters the narrative on a woman who narrowly evaded becoming one of his victims."Woman of the Hour," starring <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anna-kendrick-movie-roles-twilight-pitch-perfect-a-simple-favor-2024-10">Anna Kendrick</a> as Sheryl and Daniel Zovatto as Rodney, is a dramatized spin on Cheryl Bradshaw's brush with Alcala on an episode of the ABC show "The Dating Game" in 1978.The film is Netflix's latest to feed into its audience's obsession with <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-true-crime-shows-and-documentaries-2024-7">true crime</a>. Since releasing on Friday, "Woman of the Hour" has peaked at No. 2 on Netflix's weekly Top 10 list of the most-watched films, with 9.9 million views during its first week of availability."Woman of the Hour" primarily focuses on Sheryl and Rodney's encounter on the dating show. But the film also details several of Alcala's murders that took place before and after his primetime appearance, showing how he preyed on unsuspecting women and gained their trust before killing them.In real life, Alcala was convicted of the murders of seven women and girls, though the true number is believed to be over 100. Few people, mostly notably Tali Shapiro and Morgan Rowan, survived their interactions with Alcala.Here's how two key secondary characters in "Woman of the Hour," Amy and Laura, are inspired by real-life people.<h2 id="2c53fe22-86ea-482a-a24d-536c611cf132">In 'Woman of the Hour,' teen runaway Amy outsmarts Rodney and is instrumental in him getting arrested</h2><div type="image" title="Autumn Best as Amy in &quot;Woman of the Hour.&quot;" height="1600" width="2133" msid="114562185" hostid="261" sizebytes="141100"></div>Amy (Autumn Best) meets Rodney in San Gabriel, California, on Valentine's Day 1979. Rodney charms her by calling her beautiful and asks her to be his model for a photo contest he wants to enter.While taking photos of her in the desert, secluded from any possible witnesses, Rodney tackles her. She wakes up with her hands and ankles tied, jeans pulled down, and blood on her face and clothing.Amy asks Rodney not to tell anyone about what happened because she'd be embarrassed. She then fools Rodney by asking if they could go back to his place, which he agrees to. When Rodney stops at a gas station to use the bathroom and wash blood out of his fingernails, Amy takes the opportunity to flee before he returns to his car.The movie ends with Amy standing at a nearby diner after calling the police and watching in satisfaction and relief as they arrest Rodney.<h2 id="b9717684-d704-425c-a977-6a261dc73837">Amy is based on Monique Hoyt, a real person who survived her encounter with Alcala</h2><div type="image" title="Autumn Best as Amy and Daniel Zovatto as Rodney in &quot;Woman of the Hour.&quot;" height="1600" width="3840" msid="114562190" hostid="261" sizebytes="151448"></div>"Woman of the Hour" includes a postscript that references the real-life inspiration for the character Amy.Hoyt was a 15-year-old runaway when she met Alcala on February 14, 1979. After Alcala raped her, she escaped by asking him to keep their encounter a secret and convinced him that she wanted to continue seeing him.The movie ends with him being captured by the police, but in real life, Alcala killed more people before finally being convicted of seven murders of women and children. During <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://abc7.com/archive/7307463/">Alcala's third trial</a> in 2010, Hoyt, now an adult, testified against him."According to the prosecutor, 'She showed up and put the nail in Rodney's coffin,'" the "Woman of the Hour" postscript reads.Alcala died of natural causes in July 2021 while incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison. Hoyt seemingly kept a low profile and little is known about what happened to her after testifying.<h2 id="147ac53e-4d47-49c3-849e-00eeec4c81db">The character Laura represents the real-life people who tried to speak up about Alcala but were ignored</h2><div type="image" title="Nicolette Robinson as Laura in &quot;Woman of the Hour.&quot;" height="3007" width="4010" msid="114562189" hostid="261" sizebytes="472000"></div>In "Woman of the Hour," Laura is an audience member on "The Dating Game" who recognizes Rodney as the man who raped and murdered her friend Alison the previous year.In one scene, Laura expresses regret over leaving Alison alone with Rodney at a bonfire despite sensing something was off about him. Throughout the movie, people doubt Laura and don't take her seriously when she voices her suspicions about the "Dating Game" contestant. This includes her boyfriend Ken (Max Lloyd-Jones), a security guard on the show's set, and an officer at a police station.Laura's experience reflects the way the real Alcala was reported to law enforcement multiple times but didn't face consequences until much later in life."Laura really functions as kind of a representation of all the people that tried to raise the alarm and were ignored," Kendrick told <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/woman-of-the-hour-ending-explained">Tudum</a>. "There are so many heroes in this story, but the heroes were outnumbered and outgunned by incompetence and negligence and a culture that did not prioritize victims."

How 2 key characters in 'Woman of the Hour' are based on people who had brushes with Dating Game killer Rodney Alcala 

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2367140" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rodney-Alcala">Rodney Alcala</keyword> was tried and convicted on seven counts of murder in his lifetime, although police suspect he killed many others.</li><li>DNA evidence linked Alcala to the murders of four women in Orange County.</li><li>Alcala was known as the "Dating Game Killer" because he was a contestant on the television show 'The Dating Game' in 1978.</li></ul>Convicted <keyword id="6473528" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="serial-killer">serial killer</keyword> Rodney James Alcala, 77, an Orange County man who was on California's death row, died of natural causes in the early hours of July 24 at a hospital in Kings County, according to a <a href="https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2021/07/24/condemned-inmate-rodney-alcala-dies-of-natural-causes/">news release</a> from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.Alcala was known as the "Dating Game Killer" because <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/rodney-alcala-appears-dating-game-wins-amid-killing-75144625">he was a contestant on the television show "The Dating Game"</a> in 1978. Host Jim Lange did not know that Alcala had already murdered at least five women and been charged with the attempted murder of a young girl when he introduced him as an eligible bachelor on the show, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/close-call-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-appeared-dating/story?id=75039197">ABC News</a>.None of his victims were connected to the show.In 2010, an Orange County jury convicted Alcala of five counts of first-degree murder, according to the <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> release.He was sentenced to death for the killing of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe, as well as the 1977 deaths of 18-year-old Jill Barcomb and 27-year-old Georgia Wixted; the 1978 death of 32-year-old Charlotte Lamb, and the 1979 death of 21-year-old Jill Parenteau, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.Following Alcala's conviction, authorities released more than 100 photos of unidentified women and children found in a storage unit that belonged to Alcala in an attempt to find out if there were further victims, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/24/us/dating-game-killer-alcala-dies/index.html">CNN reported</a>. Alcala lured women by offering to take their picture, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/us/rodney-alcala-dead-dating-game.html">The New York Times</a>.<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dating-game-killer-rodney-alcala-dies-77-n1274923">NBC News</a> reported that three years later, Alcala was additionally sentenced to 25 years to life in <keyword id="6362397" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="prison">prison</keyword> for the murders of two young women in New York in the 1970s: Cornelia Crilley, in 1971, and Ellen Jane Hover, in 1977.In 2016, prosecutors in Wyoming charged Alcala with the murder of Christine Ruth Thornton, who was 28 years old and six months pregnant when she disappeared in 1978, according to the news release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.The department also said that investigators have either suspected Alcala of or linked him to other murders in Los Angeles and Marin County in California; Seattle, Washington; New York; New Hampshire; and Arizona.

'Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala dies from natural causes in prison at 77

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Netflix's new film "Woman of the Hour" is based on a true story about serial killer Rodney Alcala.</li><li>In real life, Alcala competed on "The Dating Game" and won a date with bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw.</li></ul>The chilling, real story of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/serial-killers-from-every-state-in-america-2018-5">serial killer</a> Rodney Alcala competing on (and winning) an episode of the reality show "The Dating Game" is the basis of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/canceled-netflix-subscription-what-i-learned-benefits-2024-8">Netflix</a>'s new film "Woman of the Hour.""Woman of the Hour," starring <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anna-kendrick-pitch-perfect-cup-song-nails-on-chalkboard-2023-2">Anna Kendrick</a> as Sheryl and Daniel Zovatto as Rodney, is a fictional retelling of Cheryl Bradshaw's brush with Alcala on an episode of the aforementioned ABC dating show.The movie is the latest to feed into the public's appetite for <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-true-crime-shows-and-documentaries-2024-7">true crime</a> and Netflix's reputation as a hub for documentaries and dramas inspired by real crimes. Most recently, the streamer found success with Ryan Murphy's "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-lyle-erik-menendez-story-ryan-murphy-drama-timeline-2024-9">Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story</a>," which topped <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/menendez-brothers-series-monsters-luminate-streaming-ratings-1236158643/">Luminate</a>'s weekly ranking of streaming original viewership with 2.7 billion minutes watched during its first full week on Netflix."Woman of the Hour," which is also Kendrick's directorial debut, changes some details of the story but the premise is largely similar to the real encounter.Here's what happened to the real Bradshaw and how she narrowly escaped being one of Alcala's victims.<h2 id="7cabd885-e93a-4b26-abcd-bc3011ee721b">Alcala met Bradshaw on 'The Dating Game' after he had already been imprisoned twice and was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.</h2><div type="image" title="Rodney Alcala on &quot;The Dating Game&quot; in 1978." height="1620" width="2160" msid="114356717" hostid="261" sizebytes="42364"></div>On September 13, 1978, Bradshaw and Alcala both appeared on "The Dating Game," a show in which one bachelorette asks three eligible bachelors a series of questions before choosing one to go on a date with. As part of the game, a partition divides the woman from the contestants until after a winner has been picked, so she can't base her decision on looks.At the time of his appearance on the show, Alcala had already murdered five women, attempted to murder an 8-year-old girl named Tali Shapiro, and was on the FBI's top 10 most wanted fugitives list. He had also served 34 months for the child molestation of Shapiro and then spent two and a half years in prison for giving drugs to a 13-year-old girl.But "The Dating Game" didn't do a background check, and Alcala made it onto national television. He later got the nickname "The Dating Game Killer."During an interview with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/close-call-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-appeared-dating/story?id=75039197">ABC News</a> for an episode of "20/20," Michael Metzger, an executive producer of "The Dating Game," said that he wasn't in favor of Alcala being on the show."I noticed that he had a very strange personality," Metzger said.But Ellen Metzger, the show's contestant coordinator and wife of Metzger, found Alcala attractive and thought women would love him.Alcala turned out to be a hit with the audience. He appeared as Bachelor No. 1 and was described as a "successful photographer" who enjoyed skydiving and motorcycling in his spare time.Bradshaw, a drama teacher, asked the men open-ended questions that could elicit raunchy answers — and Alcala passed with flying colors.At one point, Bradshaw asked, "What's your best time?""The best time is at night," Alcala responded, adding that nighttime is "When it really gets good."Bradshaw later asked, "I am serving you for dinner. What are you called and what do you look like?"In response, Alcala smoothly said, "I'm called 'The banana' and I look really good."When Bradshaw asked him to be more descriptive, he said, "Peel me."In retrospect, Alcala's answers were even more eerie considering the crimes he committed.<h2 id="dc479961-95bc-4f6b-b702-f95b448797f7">Bradshaw never went on a date with Alcala, which ended up saving her life.</h2><div type="image" title="Cheryl Bradshaw on &quot;The Dating Game&quot; in 1978." height="1620" width="2160" msid="114356718" hostid="261" sizebytes="46306"></div>When it came time to choose a winner, Bradshaw picked Alcala. The pair were supposed to get tennis lessons as part of their date, followed by a trip to Magic Mountain, the Six Flags amusement park in California.But Bradshaw had an intuition about Alcala and backed out of the date."I started to feel ill. He was acting really creepy," Bradshaw told <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170813114642/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/my-dream-date-with-a-serial-killer/news-story/381b415b28013c8f8a45528234c6e066">The Sunday Telegraph</a> in 2012. "I turned down his offer. I didn't want to see him again."Contestant coordinator Ellen Metzger told "20/20" that the day after appearing on "The Dating Game," Bradshaw called the office and told her, "I can't go out with this guy. There's weird vibes that are coming off of him. He's very strange. I'm not comfortable. Is that going to be a problem?""And, of course, I said no," Ellen said.Bradshaw wasn't the only one who thought that Alcala was creepy. Jed Mills, who competed as Bachelor No. 2, said that he quickly clocked Alcala's weirdness."In the green room, he jumps in and he says, 'I always get my girl,'" Mills said, adding that he "immediately did not like this guy."Bradshaw's inkling about Alcala saved her from being his next target. Since appearing on "The Dating Game," Bradshaw has kept a low profile and little is known about where she ended up.A title card at the end of "Woman of the Hour" says that Bradshaw "left California to live a private life and raise a family."<h2 id="2d7e0909-6571-4f98-ad5d-b310f447766d">Alcala died of natural causes on July 24, 2021.</h2><div type="image" title="Rodney Alcala on trial at a courtroom in 2010." height="3744" width="5616" msid="114356720" hostid="261" sizebytes="1387766"></div>Two years after his appearance on "The Dating Game," <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2021/07/24/condemned-inmate-rodney-alcala-dies-of-natural-causes/">Alcala was convicted and sentenced to death</a> for the murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe.He was put on death row in San Quentin State Prison, but the verdict was overturned by the California Supreme Court. In the 1986 retrial, Alcala was again found guilty and sentenced to death. But the ruling was overturned in 2001.During his third trial in 2010, Alcala represented himself. He was convicted of the murders of Samsoe, Jill Barcomb, Georgia Wixted, Charlotte Lamb, and Jill Parenteau. Alcala was sentenced to death and was later convicted of two additional murders that took place in New York.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-death-penalty-whats-next-gavin-newsom-executive-order-2019-3">California placed a moratorium on the death penalty in 2019</a>, and Alcala stayed at Corcoran State Prison until his death of natural causes in July 2021. Alcala was 77. According to the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://apnews.com/article/california-d9320a59e7987f11889e92cd63015780">Associated Press</a>, authorities estimated that Alcala might have killed 130 people across the US, but the true number is unknown.

Everything to know about the true story of the 'Dating Game Killer' who inspired Netflix's new movie 'Woman of the Hour'

Anna Kendrick has a confession to make."I'm 30 seconds late because I turned on my camera and I saw that I had chocolate right here," Kendrick says, pointing to the corner of her mouth on our video call before joking that she should have kept the smudge intact for the occasion.It's the exact kind of self-deprecating candor Kendrick is known for, with her scene-stealing turns in movies like the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twilight-baseball-scene-breakdown-anniversary-cast-crew-interview-2020-11">"Twilight</a>" series and the "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-perfect-10th-anniversary-behind-scenes-a-cappella-boot-camp-2022-10">Pitch Perfect</a>" films. Life, at least in this moment, feels like it's imitating Kendrick's art.But more than two decades after earning a Tony Award nomination at age 12 for the Broadway musical "High Society" and a decade-plus after landing an Oscar nomination for "Up in the Air," this "<a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=bcfd0cbe8d7f94de75babc058a2c9fd568282879bbb77e5241a607b5ce7fc098&amp;postID=66f457ff0c43543ec7978e0f&amp;postSlug=anna-kendrick-movie-roles-twilight-pitch-perfect-a-simple-favor-2024-10&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FScrappy-Little-Nobody-Anna-Kendrick%2Fdp%2F1471156834">scrappy little nobody</a>" is branching out from playing the endearing, often musically inclined protagonist.In Paul Feig's 2018 dark comedy "A Simple Favor," she portrayed a mommy blogger with a dark side and an unexpected knack for digging into unsolved mysteries. In the 2022 psychological drama "Alice, Darling," Kendrick tapped into her own past experience with a toxic ex for the titular role.In her latest film, "Woman of the Hour," which marks her directorial debut, Kendrick plays Sheryl, an aspiring actor who has a close encounter with a serial killer when they're both cast on the competition show "The Dating Game."The premise is so wild that it almost seems fictional, except it's based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who was convicted of the murders of seven women and girls and died in incarceration in 2021. Between committing crimes, Alcala competed and won a date with Cheryl Bradshaw on "The Dating Game" in 1978.In "Woman of the Hour," Kendrick's character narrowly avoids becoming one of his victims, but heaviness looms over the film as it details how Alcala charmed unsuspecting young women before killing them.While Kendrick says she's not interested in depicting explicit or graphic violence, particularly against women, she adds that it was important that she didn't sanitize the story."I think the script has so many great themes about the way that we often shrink ourselves in order to survive emotionally, financially, physically," Kendrick explains. "There was just this kind of visceral threat of annihilation that hangs over the whole piece. I think you get older and you experience difficult things in your life and that just doesn't feel like unfamiliar territory anymore."Still, Kendrick is self-aware enough to know people may be surprised that her latest project is a far cry from a cappella group hijinks."Even though this is a pretty extreme genre in comparison to what I'm known for," she says, "I felt very personally attached to the material."For the latest interview in Business Insider's <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/role-play-series">"Role Play" series</a>, Kendrick reminisces about being a fly on the wall while filming the "Twilight" franchise, addresses those "Pitch Perfect 4" rumors, and teases the twisty sequel to "A Simple Favor."<h2 id="2623590d-7ee7-430c-b507-289b7bef49c7">On being a 'bystander' to the 'Twilight' pop culture phenomenon</h2><div type="image" title="Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley in &quot;The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1.&quot;" height="1000" width="1333" msid="114353380" hostid="261" sizebytes="23976"></div>It's been 16 years since the first "Twilight" movie came out. Is there anything that you look back on now and view differently about the franchise and the time you spent on it?I guess I don't really view it that differently because my experience was really unique in that cast. Almost everyone else in the cast had to treat every moment like life and death, good versus evil, our eternal souls are on the line — and all I had to do was show up and make a snarky comment as I kind of pass through the frame.So I really felt like such a bystander to it in a way that I was very grateful to be privy to this kind of cultural phenomenon without it really impacting me in the ways that I think would've felt really challenging and overwhelming. The fans of those books are so invested that even if you came into the franchise really late and you had one line, but you were playing a vampire or a werewolf, they're obsessed with you. They're picking apart every detail of your costume and your gestures and whatever, and I just didn't have that level of responsibility.I could imagine people saying, "Oh, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall to the whole 'Twilight' set," and I am like, "Oh, I kind of got to be that." I just really wasn't in the thick of it.<h2 id="6186460f-27d5-4c93-8e2d-9f9150516f01">On her 'Up in the Air' costar George Clooney's small acts of kindness and those 'Pitch Perfect 4' rumors</h2><div type="image" title="Rebel Wilson as Amy and Anna Kendrick as Beca in &quot;Pitch Perfect 3.&quot;" height="1422" width="2146" msid="114353382" hostid="261" sizebytes="125588"></div>George Clooney has a reputation for being a classy guy in Hollywood. What did you learn from working with someone of that caliber early in your career on "Up in the Air?" George is so generous in every way as an actor. He was really the first person that I worked with where I would see him listening to the notes that other actors would get, and he would adjust his off-camera performance to help elicit whatever adjustment was called for. And I think that that's just the sign of somebody really willing to extend themselves for someone else.My first day, the first shot that I was in on my first day of filming, he said something to me kind of under his breath almost about like, "Man, do you get nervous on the first day? I get so nervous." And at the time, I was just like, "Yeah, totally. I get really nervous."It wasn't until eight years later or something that it occurred to me that he does not get nervous, but that was so sweet of him to say. For him to not just say, "Hey, it's OK if you're nervous" — to take it on himself as though, "Hey, kid, we're in this together," was just the sweetest thing.I have to ask about "Pitch Perfect." In April, Rebel Wilson <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/rebel-wilson-pitch-perfect-4-development-newsupdate/">said</a> a fourth movie was possibly in development, and then Anna Camp <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://screenrant.com/pitch-perfect-4-movie-update-anna-camp-aubrey-story/">said</a> she didn't think so. Then Elizabeth Banks <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/elizabeth-banks-reveals-pitch-perfect-185743449.html">said</a>, "They're always talking about it." So please tell me: what is going on? Do you have any updates on your end about a fourth movie?Well, I have no earthly idea. Frankly, I'm hearing some of this from you. I'll say that sometimes on the group chat that we all have, we sort of lament that everyone is so busy and working all the time, which is wonderful, of course. But it means that we're almost never able to get all of us in a room at the same time whenever we try to find a date that would work for everybody.So it does sort of feel like, oh God, would it take another movie to ensure that we were all actually in the same place at the same time again? So I don't know. I guess selfishly, that's almost the main reason that I would wish for such a thing.One of your other big movies is "Into the Woods." What did you learn or observe from working alongside people like Meryl Streep and Chris Pine? That's a mega cast in general.It's always hard to put into words what you learn from working with people because they're not sitting you down and having a talk with you. But I'll say that Meryl very much has that Clooney thing of being exactly what you want them to be, exactly what you'd hope for, and being really, really generous.If anything, I think it was interesting to see people who were so established and so talented and had so much experience watching how almost every single person was feeling insecure about singing. It was very sweet. It really was this level playing field because Sondheim's music is so difficult that it really felt like any hierarchy that might have formed just never had a chance to take hold because everybody was kind of equally terrified about singing the songs.I feel like you being a Tony nominee at 12 puts you in a certain category, though.Oh, God, no. I was absolutely terrified, particularly because, I don't know how interesting this is, but because my vocal range is much more naturally in the realm of the character Little Red. So, trying to sing Cinderella in a legit soprano voice was something that really scared the crap out of me. So yeah, we were all floundering and just holding onto each other for dear life.<h2 id="2e17688a-db68-4c4d-8534-54f457bee696">On the 'Simple Favor' sequel having even more plot twists than the first film</h2><div type="image" title="Anna Kendrick as Stephanie Smothers in &quot;A Simple Favor.&quot;" height="1000" width="1333" msid="114353378" hostid="261" sizebytes="26448"></div>People are also really excited about the "Simple Favor" sequel. Obviously, you can't say much about the movie, but what was it like going back to work with that team? Did you feel any pressure for the sequel to succeed or be good? There are a lot of sequels that are notoriously not great.I haven't seen it yet, but based on what we were filming, Paul has really managed to make something that is more insane and twisty than the first one, which is quite a feat.And I was very, very grateful that the first thing that I was acting in after directing was with a team that I had worked with before, because I was nervous that the next film that I acted in, people might think that I suddenly was really nosy and opinionated because, oh, she directed one movie and she thinks she knows everything now. But because I'd already worked with Paul, the director, and John Schwartzman, the DP, they already knew I was nosy and opinionated. They just attributed it to my flawed personality rather than some new development. So I already knew that they were willing to put up with me.In your book "Scrappy Little Nobody," you detail the effort that you put in to go to auditions when you were younger and trying to make it as an actor. Are there any roles that people would be surprised to learn that you auditioned for?Oh God. I don't know. I hear stories like that, and if anything, I'm always like, there were so many years where I couldn't even get a callback for "American Pie 7" or whatever that I wish I had some really sexy story about some huge blockbuster that I was this close to. But no, mostly it's just a graveyard of embarrassing auditions for embarrassing gigs.<h2 id="a13b5f5a-51c5-4e88-bb7a-b9d3b2440d3e">On the 'Bridgerton' star that she has a 'talent crush' on</h2><div type="image" title="Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton and Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton on season three, episode three of &quot;Bridgerton.&quot;" height="1669" width="2499" msid="114353383" hostid="261" sizebytes="280094"></div>You previously said that women are the most generous scene partners. Who are some female actors that you're itching to work with next?Oh God, this is always so embarrassing.I think that you should manifest it.I am slightly obsessed with Claudia Jessie from "Bridgerton." She's such a scene-stealer, and yeah, I think I've just got a real talent crush. That was the first person who came to mind.Are you a "Bridgerton" fan?It's one of those shows that I'll put on and continually be like, "Should I go to the next episode? Where is this going to go? I feel like this is going to lead somewhere heartbreaking." But yeah, that Shondaland, they're really excellent at keeping you absolutely hooked in because even if something terrible happens, it's like, I can't look away.Where does your "Lip Sync Battle" with John Krasinski rank in terms of career highlights? There was also a J.Lo cameo in there. I feel like I needed to mention this important part of your career.It's so funny. John directed me in a movie years and years ago, so he asked me to do his episode of "Lip Sync Battle." It's one of those things that just seems so silly and fun. It was the first season, so nobody knew what the show was yet. So he asked me to do it, and it just seemed like such a silly, fun, easy ask.And then the more that it became like, "Oh, do you want pyrotechnics? Do you want to pop out of the floor?" I was like, "Wait, sorry, what is this, a legit stage performance?"So I started to be like, "Goddammit Krasinski, what have you roped me into?" And then when they were like, "Hey, for that J.Lo song, I think we could get J.Lo to come." I was like, "Well, then I take it all back. I'm a big fan of you asking me to do this."This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity."Woman of the Hour" is now streaming on Netflix.

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