HBO's two-part Phoenix Rising documentary details Evan Rachel Wood's abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson
The 34-year-old Westworld actress talks about the emotional "feeling of being believed" in the trailer for HBO's Phoenix Rising, a two-part documentary that details Wood's activism and sexual assault allegations against musician Marilyn Manson.
Wood co-authored and successfully lobbied for the passage of The Phoenix Act, which is legislation that extends the statute of limitations for domestic violence cases in California. She testified about her own experiences to bring attention and visibility to the issue.
"I became an activist, fighting for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault," Wood says in the trailer, adding, "Not only did people hear our stories but they said, 'Yeah, we hear you, and something does need to change.' "
She later says, "We need to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody else. ... I realized that this is the first time I haven't been doubted or questioned or shamed; this is the first time that someone was really listening. I was like, 'What is this feeling?' And it's this feeling of being believed."
Phoenix Rising: Don't Fall, part 1 of the documentary, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival last month, and in it, Wood recounted being groomed into a tumultuous relationship with Manson (born Brian Warner), from mid 2006 until early 2011. She likened it to being under the influence of his "cult."
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