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Kim Novak 'rape' comment about 'The Artist's music opens old wounds

6 March 2012 11:58 AM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »

Kim Novak is clarifying why she used the word “rape” to describe how she felt about The Artist. The 79-year-old Vertigo actress, who will be honored next month at the TCM Classic Film Festival, said during a phone interview Monday that hearing the score from the Alfred Hitchcock film used in the recent Oscar-winning homage to the silent-film era reminded her of the same feelings she experienced when she was raped as a child.

“It was very painful,” said Novak. “When I said it was like a rape, that was how it felt to me. I had experienced in my youth being raped, »

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Novak Doubles Down on 'The Artist' 'Rape' Comments

6 March 2012 8:27 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Los Angeles — Kim Novak is clarifying why she used the word "rape" to describe how she felt about "The Artist."

The 79-year-old "Vertigo" actress, who will be honored next month at the TCM Classic Film Festival, said during a phone interview Monday that hearing the score from the Alfred Hitchcock film used in the recent Oscar-winning homage to the silent-film era reminded her of the same feelings she experienced when she was raped as a child.

"It was very painful," said Novak. "When I said it was like a rape, that was how it felt to me. I had experienced in my youth being raped, and so I identified with a real act that had been done to me. I didn't use that word lightly. I had been raped as a child. It was a rape I never told about, so when I experienced this one, I felt the need to express it. »

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