The following article contains mentions of domestic violence, sexual assault, and drug use.
Mena Suvari was a name you couldn’t escape back in the late ’90s and early noughties.
During an interview withHello!
In addition, she credited the latter film with helping her develop as an actor.
It made me feel even stronger as an actor."
Suvari and Brinkmann seemed like a great couple at first.
Having met on the set of “Sugar & Spice,” the two were clearly head over heels.
Back in November 2003, theIndependentasked Suvari if anyone had warned her about getting married young.
She replied, “They didn’t really warn me and they weren’t concerned they were more negative.
But I don’t want to care what anyone else thinks.”
I felt like my jaw literally hit the floor so many times.
I guess that really appealed to me.
It was very interesting.
And I ran into [my agent’s] office afterwards saying that I had to do this."
Unfortunately, Mena Suvari still hadn’t found her perfect match when she married concert promoter Simone Sestito.
After just 16 months of marriage, Suvari and Sestito called it quits, citing irreconcilable differences.
“It’s taken years to get to know myself.
I had never really taken time to cultivate who I was.
I’ve felt drained by it.
But I feel like I’m really, finally, content at this point in my life.”
she remarked (viaDaily Mail).
Suvari later revealed that her ex had used her for her money and was physically abusive in their relationship.
Despite the rotten reviews, Suvari still puts effort into these roles, as she toldMs.
In the Bizin May 2013.
It was a box office success, as were its three sequels.
It feels like no time has passed at all," she toldColliderat the time.
I didn’t meet [Barbra Streisand] but I said hi to her on the phone.
Well, I did the math right away, I was like, ‘That’s Barbra Streisand!'"
I feel really good making the personal changes that I did.
I love being able to feel good in what I’m wearing!"
she explained (viaUs Weekly).
Suvari has continued this lifestyle, as revealed in a 2021 interview withPETA.
I’m really happy.
Third time’s a charm!"
I have to get out of the house,'" Suvari explained.
In time, she decided to seek treatment.
Once I got to that place, that’s when our son came into our lives.
I feel really, really grateful," Suvari said.
Suvari even recounted how she’d relied on drugs while in high school.
“I took drugs to numb myself from the pain.
It was my way of detaching from the hell of my existence and surviving,” she wrote.
“I have found freedom in talking about these things, and I love having conversations about it.
I feel better that way, and I feel happy being transparent.
It’s my ode to the universe before I die,” Suvari added during her conversation with Elle.
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“So I get surgery.
Everything will be better,” she added.
Later in life, though, Suvari realized that didn’t need her implants anymore.
I had gone to this extent, to such extremes, looking for this identity."
When this project came to me, I was so excited and I was so blown away by it.
It was so real and tangible.
To be filming in Los Angeles was so fun.
It was weirdly exciting to me.
