Lili Reinhart Chats Depression, Chemical Hearts, & More With Refinery 29

Lili Reinhart sat down with Refinery 29 to promote her upcoming new projects. The young actress is set to release her new film Chemical Hearts in a few short days followed by the release of her poetry book, Swimming Lessons in September. Highlights from her interview are below.

On her first journey to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career: “It was depressing. When I first moved to L.A., my anxiety was so bad that I was throwing up every night.”

On depression: “I couldn’t see the light. I was like, I feel like I’m dying. It was fucking rough, and there’s no other way through it than just through it. I’ve seen a lot of people when it comes to heartache and grief and breakups, and they try to get that void filled with sex, with coke, with food, with drinking, [but] the void is still there. I took the road less traveled and just dealt with my shit. I had to face my own pain head-on.”

On choosing to do Chemical Hearts: “If I was going to do a high school movie, it was going to be raw and emotional. In Riverdale, everything is go, go, go. It’s very in your fucking face all the time. This movie is not like that. It’s very pulled back — more grounded, more settled, and there’s more silence.”

You can check out even more from her interview here. Chemical Hearts drops on August 21 on Amazon Prime Video.