Kirsten Dunst said her mom protected her from the “predatory side” of Hollywood as a young star in light of the new docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which alleges abuse and a toxic work environment at Nickelodeon in the 1990s and 2000s from former child stars.
The 41-year-old actress — who has been working in the entertainment industry since she was 3-years-old — told the Telegraph that her protective mother, Inez, never let her out of her sight.
“I was only able to avoid that predatory side of the business because wherever I went, my mother was literally always right there,” Dunst said.
However, the “Spider-Man 2” star said she wasn’t able to completely avoid the dark side of Hollywood before she became an adult and recalled a director asking her when she was 16 an “inappropriate” question during auditions.
“A male director had me in his…
