Sarandon tells of death threat fears

HOLLYWOOD actress Susan Sarandon yesterday said death threats and attacks by the American public and the media after she spoke out against the Iraq war had left her very scared.

The long-time political activist said the way she and her family had been targeted by newspapers, radio phone-ins, teachers and people on the street because of her views was “horrifying”.

In an interview on ITV1 with Jonathan Dimbleby, the film star said she had been labelled a “Bin Laden lover” for asking questions about the US invasion of Iraq.

“I don’t think that I ever thought someone would ever really kill me, although there were some people who said ‘I’d like someone to knock her off’ on the radio and stuff like that.

“And I don’t think that I thought that I’d really never work again, but when there is nobody else, when you look out on the field and everybody is quiet and they’re all looking away and nobody’s saying anything, it’s a really scary place to be,” she said.