‘Girl, Interrupted’ Cast Was Divided Into Factions, Elisabeth Moss Claims

Elisabeth Moss has spilled some tea on the behind-the-scenes of the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted.

Moss starred alongside Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, and Brittany Murphy in the Oscar-winning drama about a women’s psychiatric facility.

The future Handmaid’s Tale actress was just 15 years old when she played Polly Clark, a teenager with schizophrenia who also has visible scarring from facial burns.

In an interview on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, Moss said that the on-screen tension between characters meant that the cast naturally became divided when the cameras weren’t rolling.

“There were two kinds of camps. There was the Winona Ryder camp and the Angelina Jolie camp,” she said. The divisions were “based on what was on camera.”

“I was in the Winona Ryder camp. The Angelina Jolie camp was really cool. I was intimidated by the Angelina Jolie camp. I had no thoughts of ever being able to be in that camp.”

While she has since spoken properly to the “lovely” Jolie – who won an Oscar for her role in the film – she confessed that it was “incredibly intimidating” to be on set with her.

“I never brought it up. I’m sure she would have no idea what I was talking about anyway,” Moss said. “I was just definitely not cool enough to be in her camp.”