Random Things You Didn't Know About Evan Rachel Wood (15 items)

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  (#4) She's In A Two-Person Band Called Rebel And A Basketcase

  Wood is part of a two-person band called Rebel and a Basketcase - the other member is Juilliard-trained actor Zach Villa. Wood and Villa met while performing at a John Hughes Cabaret wherein participants reenact scenes from the famed director's filmography.

  Wood played the basketcase and Villa played the rebel during their reenactment. The names are references from Hughes's 1985 high school dramedy, The Breakfast Club. 
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  (#7) Wood Is Set To Earn Equal Pay In Season 3 Of 'Westworld'

  HBO's Westworld features an ensemble cast with several different storylines. However, one could easily make the argument Wood's character Dolores Abernathy is the most recognizable and intriguing on the show. Even so, Wood did not earn the same pay as her male co-stars Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris during the series's first two seasons.

  Before Season 3 aired, HBO remedied the issue by announcing plans to pay Wood the same as her male co-stars. 

  “I was just told that, you know, ‘Hey... you’re getting equal pay.’ And I was like [gasp]. And I almost got emotional,” Wood said. “I was like, ‘I have never been paid the same as my male counterparts... Never, never.'”

  “I found out... I’m always fighting for that,” Wood continued. “And I have turned down projects - Westworld, it’s like, I get it a little more. It’s like, ‘Well, you’re Anthony Hopkins or Ed Harris.’ But I think now we’re all doing equal amounts of work and really hard work.”
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  (#14) Wood Came Out As Bisexual On Twitter

  On August 23, 2012, Wood took to her Twitter page to come out as bisexual. She wrote, "I myself am bisexual and have always 'joked' about Miley giving me gay vibes. Not a bad thing! Just an observation."

  Wood also said during an interview with Esquire that she dated girls. "Yeah, I'm more kind of like the guy when it comes to girls. I'm the dominant one. I'm opening the doors, I'm buying dinner. Yeah, I'm romantic."
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  (#1) She Had A Tumultuous Relationship With Marilyn Manson

  Wood and shock-rocker Marilyn Manson met at a party in West Hollywood's famed Chateau Marmont when she was 18 years old and Manson was 36. The Thirteen actress appeared in the controversial music video for Manson's song, "Heart-Shaped Glasses." The couple went on to have an up-and-down love affair for four years, even getting engaged in 2010.

  Wood was drawn to the excitement of Manson's rocker lifestyle. She told Rolling Stone:

  And I was craving danger and excitement. I looked at my mother one day and said, "Mom, I'm gonna get on this tour bus for eight months and see the world and have a crazy journey and find myself, and if people aren't okay with that, I'm sorry, but I can't live my life for other people."

  The couple's relationship did not go without criticism. "Then you're demonized for figuring it out and getting messy," Wood said. "People would call me a whore when I walked down the street, and you can't not be hurt by that." Wood and Manson split for good in 2011. In later years, Wood made numerous references to an emotionally and sexually abusive relationship - even detailing some of her horrid experiences before Congress in 2018 - and while she never named Manson specifically, the time period stated by Wood lines up with her relationship with the musician. 
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  (#2) She's Genderfluid

  Wood admitted during a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone that one of the main things that attracted her to Marilyn Manson was his androgyny. The Westworld actress is genderfluid and came out as bisexual in 2011.

  She said she started to feel attracted to women as early as age 4 or 5:

  It was always talked about like a phase or something stupid, or something you were doing for attention... You know, bisexuality is worthy of eye rolls. And I didn't realize how damaging that was until I tried to have healthy relationships as an adult and realized that there was still all this shame and conditioning and stigma around my sexuality that was really affecting the way I related to people. I think I was taken advantage of because someone knew there was something about me that they could exploit.
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  (#10) Wood Has A Black Belt In Taekwondo

  The True Blood actress is clearly a woman of many talents. She even boasts a black belt in Taekwondo. Wood used to compete in the Junior Olympics as a child. When asked if she ever had to use her Taekwondo skills, she responded with a story from fifth grade:

  I used to get beat up in school around fifth grade, but it’s funny because I refused to use it when I got beat up. I just thought you weren’t supposed to. But I think once I did. I just did a really [forceful] kick and everyone was like, "Okay, I’m gonna go away now."

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