Hannah Einbinder: cost of not speaking out on Palestine is greater than losing career

The actor Hannah Einbinder has said the cost of not speaking up about Palestine is greater than losing her Hollywood career. The Emmy-winning star of Hacks, who leads the new queer slasher drama Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, told an audience at Cannes film festival she would not be deterred from standing up for causes she cared about. “I follow in the steps of Palestinians who have set the bar, who have always had to be their own advocates,” Einbinder said. “I am really pleased to join a tradition of Palestinians and Jewish allies who are committed to being vocal in a time where a lot of people shy away from that. I follow their lead.” When asked about fears of being blacklisted like fellow actors Susan Sarandon and Melissa Barrera, who have both said they lost work because of speaking out about Palestine, Einbinder said: “I think what they know is what I know, which is that the cost of not speaking is higher.” She added: “There is a greater toll in not speaking and you’ve just got to have your priorities straight. I am under no impression that my small career could ever measure up in comparison to even one human life. It’s an obligation and I will always do it.” Einbinder went on to champion other pro-Palestine actors. “I would love to work with Melissa and Susan and … and Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem. All of them,” she said, before joking: “Road trip movie! This crazy gaggle of people are all in a car, this summer!” During her Emmys acceptance speech last year, Einbinder declared: “Fuck ICE, free Palestine and go Birds!” In a recent podcast interview, she noted how “people in Hollywood, unfortunately, need these issues to affect a white person for them to see it as relating to them”. Speaking at the Kering Women in Motion talk on Thursday, Einbinder also discussed Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which premiered in Cannes on Wednesday night. In it, she plays Kris, an indie film-maker reviving a cult horror franchise with one of its original scream q…