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'I was so upset': Grace Van Dien pursues Twitch over acting gigs after sick encounters with producers

Grace Van Dien who disclosed the reason behind rejecting several acting projects opened up about her awful experiences in the industry

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Talented Grace Van Dien who aced playing cheery Chrissy Cunningham on the Netflix hit-show 'Stranger Things', has now come out to speak about the awful experiences in the industry. Van Dien who reportedly turned down many acting gigs disclosed the reason behind focusing more on Twitch streaming and less on auditioning. During one of her Twitch live streams, Van Dien talked about coming across an unnamed producer who made an improper suggestion towards her for a threesome.  

Before Van Dien got the part of playing Chrissy in 'Stranger Things' Season 4, the star featured in the show 'White Famous', 'The Village', and 'The Rookie', as well as in a series of films. As the daughter of 'Starship Troopers' actor Caspar Van Dien and the great-granddaughter of screen legend Robert Mitchum, she hails from a family of actors.

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 'I didn't have the best experiences'

The actress plays titles like Valorant and Fortnite on Twitch under the name of BlueFille. Van Dien has great followership on the platform with over 280,000 followers. She does the usual simple stuff in front of the camera on Twitch, and sometimes she plays Valorant. In one of these Twitch streaming videos, she talked about the reason behind streaming so often and not taking up acting gigs anymore. She said, "The fact of the matter is, the last few projects I worked on, I didn't have the best experiences with some of the people I had to work for." Van Dien further said, "And with streaming, I get to choose who I hang out with, who I talk to, etc., etc." She added, "One of the last movies I did, one of the producers asked me to — he hired a girl that he was sleeping with, and then he had her ask me to have a threesome with them. So like, that's my boss. And then I didn't and I cried and I was so upset."

What is Grace Van Dien up to now?

Grace Van Dien has directed, produced, and acted in a short film called 'Monsters and Muses'. The actress took to Twitter to share the poster of the short film and captioned, "Monsters and Muses" - a short film that I produced, directed and acted in. More of this."

The actress also posted an update about her priorities amid the entire flawed industry experience and wrote, "As i get older, my work priorities are changing. i'm waiting for the right project/the right people to work with. it's nice to feel calm."