{"id":334311,"date":"2021-09-03T02:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T23:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hayley-mills-isnt-holding-back-details-in-her-new-memoir\/"},"modified":"2021-09-03T02:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T23:19:05","slug":"hayley-mills-isnt-holding-back-details-in-her-new-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hayley-mills-isnt-holding-back-details-in-her-new-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hayley Mills &#8216;isn&#8217;t holding back&#8217; details in her new memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hayley Mills &#8216;isn&#8217;t holding back&#8217; details in her new memoir<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Hayley Mills is looking back on her six decade-long career \u2014 and \u201cisn\u2019t holding back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cParent Trap\u201d star\u2019s new memoir, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forever-Young-Memoir-Hayley-Mills\/dp\/1538704196?tag=nypost-20\">Forever Young<\/a>,\u201d details her rise to stardom via Walt Disney, having an eating disorder and losing the cash flow that she secured as a child star, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/books\/story\/2021-09-02\/hayley-mills-memoir-pollyanna-parent-trap\">according to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The British actress, 75, began her career with the House of Mouse when she was cast in the 1960 film \u201cPollyanna,\u201d ultimately cinching a seven-picture deal with the studio that propelled her to the top of the child star food chain.<\/p>\n<p>Mills\u2019 editor and publisher, Gretchen Young of Grand Central Publishing, told the Los Angeles Times that the septuagenarian \u201cisn\u2019t holding back\u201d in her book. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe faced a ton of challenges while maintaining this youthful public image that the adults around her were invested in,\u201d Young said. \u201cTo me, that had echoes of today\u2019s young child stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, when she was 71, Mills reflected on being a child star in an interview with The Post.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very powerful magnet, this business,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to be pulled this way and that and lose your sense of reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mills had a lot to live up to. Her father,\u00a0John Mills, was a famous actor while her mother, Mary Hayley Bell, was a writer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew Daddy was proud of me, but he never spoke of it,\u201d Mills writes in her novel. \u201cBy glossing over things that were real and important, like being awarded an Oscar, they were unwittingly denying milestones in my life \u2026 I was left with the overwhelming conviction that somehow my lucky break had been a mistake \u2014 and I started to feel guilty about my success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother of two went on to win the honorary Academy Juvenile Award in 1961, but admitted that she lost the golden statuette years later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Hayley Mills starred in the 1960 film \u201cPollyanna&quot; before playing twins in &quot;The Parent Trap.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19334367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hayley Mills starred in the 1960 film \u201cPollyanna\u201d before playing twins in \u201cParent Trap.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/entertainment\/celebrity-interviews\/hayley-mills-speaks-about-cancer-battle-1505578\">breast cancer survivor<\/a> also revealed that she developed bulimia in an effort to stay young and childlike. She said she wanted to keep pleasing the adults around her and the people controlling her money and career. Notorious gossip columnist Hedda Hopper wrote about Mills\u2019 thinness in a 1964 column. \u201cHayley Mills, 18, Thinner and looking like the million stashed away for her,\u201d Hopper wrote. \u201cSeven pounds thinner than when I last saw her, her 112 pounds are distributed in the correct places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In order to save herself, Mills was able to slip out from under Disney\u2019s thumb and get out of her contract when she was 20. When her contract expired, she was finally free.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Hayley Mills in 2019\" class=\"wp-image-19334369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Hayley Mills in 2019<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1966, she starred in director Roy Boulting\u2019s romantic epic \u201cThe Family Way,\u201d a big departure for Mills as the movie featured her first nude scene. She subsequently fell in love with Boulting and the couple married, despite her family\u2019s objections due to their age difference: Boulting was 53 while Mills was barely 21.<\/p>\n<p>When she finally hit drinking age, she received access to the trust that held the money she made during her youth. However, her savings were hit with a 91% tax rate set up by the Inland Revenue to help build the United Kingdom back up. She even marched up to the British courts to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal her case, but was eventually stopped in 1975. If she had won her suit, Mills would have been granted up to \u00a32 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Hayley Mills in the &quot;Parent Trap.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19334373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/parent-trap-hayley-mills-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hayley Mills in the \u201cParent Trap.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmPublicityArchive\/United Arch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI never saw it,\u201d Mills said. \u201cI knew it was there and one day I would have it, but it was just sort of a dream, and then one day the dream was gone. Occasionally, I think: It would have been nice if I had the freedom to say no.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cForever Young\u201d will be released on Sept. 7, 2021.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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