Sarah Drew became famous before the rise of social media, but she still remembers how she used to deal with trolls before Instagram even existed.
In a recent episode of Broad ideas podcast, Branching out The actress revealed that her first show, Everwoodbegan the habit of reading online forums and message boards since social media was not a thing.
“It was really bad for me because I got to play the ugly wallflower best friend. I was ugly, the ugly duckling,” she said, referring to her role on the show alongside hosts Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen. He said while giving. .
She admitted that while many people had the opportunity to love her performance, it was the negative comments that she still remembers, including one scathing remark, “Sarah Drew is so ugly that when Even if she steps in front of him, the television breaks.”
“It hurts so bad,” Drew admitted.
The 44-year-old actress and director’s first major role was voicing Stacey in the MTV animated series. Daria Just 17 years old.
At age 24, he was cast. Everwoodwhich launched her acting career and eventually led to her more well-known role as Dr. April Kepner. Grey’s Anatomy