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News: There have been so many rumors about why Marissa was killed off, so I wanted to hear, directly from you, when did those conversations about you leaving The O.

Mischa Barton: It's a bit complicated. It started pretty early on because it had a lot to do with them adding Rachel [Bilson] in last minute as, after the first season, a series regular and evening out everybody's pay—and sort of general bullying from some of the men on set that kind of felt really s--tty.

But, you know, I also loved the show and had to build up my own walls and ways of getting around dealing with that and the fame that was thrust specifically at me. Just dealing with like the amount of invasion I was having in my personal life, I just felt very unprotected, I guess is the best way to put it. I was working so hard, the longest hours probably out of all the characters. It wasn't an easy character for me to play because it wasn't me, which is why I think people liked it or thought Marissa was funny and latched on to her.

They felt like this is entertaining because she's all over the place and who is this girl? It's like because this New York girl was trying to play this ditzy L. I think that's why people connected to the character. MB: Well, I think they started to write more serious stuff for me because I wasn't good at the, like, "Oh my god, let's go shopping or get our nails done!

So then they added her first kiss with a girl and her getting drunk at her dad's party or the scene where somebody gets shot. They needed stuff that played into more of my serious side. I'll be very honest, everyone's got their strengths and their weaknesses and coming from a theater and indie background, my weakness was being ditzy. It wasn't for me, but what I could enjoy was the fashions, the ridiculousness of it all and making it larger than life. MB: So halfway through season two I would say, when we started doubling up on episodes and shooting [became] so much harder, and again a lot of that was too much for me.

I didn't know where the character was going. I look back on it pretty fondly, but there's stuff I think people did wrong and the way they handled it. So, I just didn't feel I could keep going. This has been said before, but they kind of gave me an option. The producers were like, "Well, do you want your job and to sail off into the sunset and potentially you can come back in the future in some bizarre TV scenario or we can kill your character off and you can go on with your career that you want and what you want to do?

I had always been supporting in The Sixth Sense and any of those things. My dream was to be offered those lead roles, so that's what happened. It just felt like it was the best thing for me and my health and just in terms of not really feeling protected by my cast and crew at that point. Take a look back at these Hollywood icons in their early days to see how far they've come in their careers.

See the gallery. If the gripping competitions and compelling characters of " Squid Game " kept you playing along, you'll love these three Netflix series that might have missed your radar. Watch the video. Sign In. Mischa Barton I Actress Writer. Down 49 this week. View rank on IMDbPro ». Born in London and raised in New York. See full bio ». Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now.

Share this page:. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Details only on IMDbPro ». Create a list ». My favourite actresses. Favorite Funeral. My favorite TV characters who were killed off! She added, "Just dealing with like the amount of invasion I was having in my personal life, I just felt very unprotected, I guess is the best way to put it.

She recalled them saying, "Well, do you want your job and to sail off into the sunset and potentially you can come back in the future in some bizarre TV scenario or we can kill your character off and you can go on with your career that you want and what you want to do?

Since The O. In , she joined the cast of Dancing With The Stars. But it was her personal life and party girl ways that made headlines over the years. In , she was arrested and charged with misdemeanours when police discovered a small amount of marijuana in her possession and a higher-than-legal blood alcohol level. Barton ran into more trouble when she was hospitalised in , and placed in a psych ward.

Like absolutely petrified. In , Barton found herself in ugly court battles with two of her former boyfriends, Jon Zacharias and Adam Spaw.

The legal battles ended up dominating an entire year of her life. It's not a joke when you end up having to go to court and fight for those things. It's not really possible to keep everything else going at once.

New York magazine also praised her as "a darling little girl, [that] exhibits consummate charm". Canby again praised Barton, noting that she "has a sweet gravity as the doomed Emma".

The New York Times also remarked that "the winning child actresses Brittany Boyd and Mischa Barton are already smart enough not to overplay the naivete and precocity of their respective characters. She made her film debut in Lawn Dogs , which won awards at film festivals around the world. Barton won critical favour for her role, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times praising her "poised" performance and Empire celebrating her "hypnotic central performance". She also starred in Pups , a " Bonnie and Clyde for the MTV generation", alongside Burt Reynolds; along with her co-star Cameron Van Hoy, film critic Roger Ebert called their work in the film "two of the most natural and freed performances I have seen by actors of any age.

Barton first appeared on television in , playing a young Corvina Lang in flashbacks in the soap opera All My Children. In , she returned to the show, replacing Michelle Trachtenberg in the role of Lily Benton Montgomery.

She also starred in Julie Johnson alongside Lili Taylor and Courtney Love, playing the daughter of a woman in a lesbian relationship. Barton also had a supporting role in the independent teen drama Tart with Brad Renfro and Dominique Swain.

Other television appearances include an episode of the Fox series Fastlane In August , Fox premiered the television series The O. The show became an overnight success due to its large fanbase, and resulted in Barton's fame being increased through her role as Marissa Cooper.

Barton departed from the show in the third-season finale in May During her time on the show, Barton garnered several Teen Choice Awards. She was also celebrated by Glamour as the "Next Big Thing".

The O. Attenborough praised her, saying "her ability to convey pain and sadness, hopefulness and fear, is riveting". The Independent also noted that "she lends her character a beguiling vulnerability. She also appeared in the British comedy St Trinians , appearing as a former head girl of that school advising current senior pupils on fashion and style.

Later in , Barton was cast in the international film produced by the Russian band t. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May and was released theatrically in Russia in