Had no control: Wilde on controversial depiction of female journalist in 'Richard Jewell'

Hollywood star Olivia Wilde has clarified her stand on the controversy over her character, a female journalist, in Clint Eastwood's film Richard Jewell", saying she had no creative control over the depiction as an actor.

The actor, in a series of tweets, said Kathy Scruggs, who she portrays in the real-life inspired drama, was "bold, smart, and fearlessly undeterred by the challenge of being a female reporter in the south in the 1990s."
Wilde said the child of journalists, she had deep respect for the essential work of all in their field, "particularly today when the media is routinely attacked and discredited, and regional papers like the AJC are disappearing on a daily basis."