'Hunting Wives' star Brittany Snow explains why she left Hollywood at 23: 'My life depended on it'

Brittany Snow says stepping away from Hollywood saved her life In an interview with Self magazine for the cover of their November issue the -year-old actress opened up about leaving her career as an actress behind at years old explaining My life depended on it She had a thriving career as an actress starring in films such as The Pacifier and Hairspray as well as TV shows including Guiding Light and American Dream But behind the scenes she was dealing with an eating disorder I mean there was no way that I would still be here and I m trying not to be hyperbolic she declared about her decision to leave the business KURT RUSSELL GOLDIE HAWN S BLUNT WARNING TO DAUGHTER KATE HUDSON ABOUT SURVIVING HOLLYWOOD FAMESnow first entered rehab at years old but left early to film John Tucker Must Die and she first opened up about her secret battle in an essay published in People magazine in My Nine-Year Struggle With Anorexia She recalled her second stay in rehab as a scary time explaining one of the girls there threatened to sell Snow's story to the media She then left rehab and with the advocacy of her parents began an outpatient campaign for a year which she explained involved individual therapy classes meetings and mandatory check-ins with the program's director In rehab I determined there was a lot of relying on the fact that you re in walls you re in a place she revealed You re not going out to dinner you re not having to order at a restaurant you re not having to be with your friends when they're all having ice cream and drinking I think rewiring my brain where I could count on myself and I could trust myself I could be in a space and feel like I wasn t going to do something harmful to myself was the best thing that ever could have happened to my recovery Her first big role back in Hollywood was in the film Pitch Perfect saying that movie was really special to me She felt grateful to be on set every day because I didn t think I was ever going to work again Preponderance in recent weeks Snow starred in the smash Netflix hit The Hunting Wives playing Sophie who moved from Chicago to a small town in Texas and finds herself drawn to Margo played by Malin Akerman Their friendship rapidly turns into a sexual relationship leading to several intimate scenes between Akerman and Snow CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERDespite her history with an eating disorder Snow says she isn't thinking of her body when filming nude scenes saying People would talk about that sort of recovery but she never saw it for herself I ve determined a lot of men in sex scenes are really really focused on themselves and how they look and if their abs are looking great and not necessarily thinking about your experience she commented And with Malin it was so collaborative in terms of like Are you OK Do you want me to do this Is this OK if I put my hand here Just so much care was taken which felt really nice LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSThe show was a huge success for Netflix drawing million views in its first week Snow and Akerman informed in September that the show would return for a second season via an Instagram video of the two in character captioned Omg it s official THE HUNTING WIVES SEASON is coming y all During an interview with Extra in October Akerman announced Season should arrive in summer Usually you get a five-month writers room but because it was such a wild success this summer Netflix has stated We need a summer release We re going to go back to work in November You get a month and a half writers room Akerman reported So they re writing feverishly Snow is also appearing in the Hulu drama series Murdaugh Death in the Family and Netflix's The Beast In Me which premieres Nov