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Bill and Ted star: I couldn’t tell anyone about my abuse
Bill and Ted star, Alex Winter, has told ѿý 5 live that he wasn’t able to tell his “potentially dangerous secret”: that he was sexually abused as a child actor.
Speaking to Adrian Chiles, Alex Winter – who played Bill alongside Keanu Reeve’s Ted – also said that Hollywood has a “very different culture” now and there is a “lot more freedom” to talk about what’s happening.
This clip is originally from Chiles on Friday on Friday 2 February 2018.
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