Pitch Perfect actress Anna Kendrick explains why she finds one infamous Pitch Perfect scene difficult to watch: the “cups” song scene. The song “Cups” from Pitch Perfect, whose lyrics originally come from the Carter Family song “When I’m Gone.” When Pitch Perfect was released in 2012, this song, which in Pitch Perfect is performed using a cup as percussion by Kendrick’s character Beca at her audition for the Barden Bellas, became the single most talked about element of the film. It was imitated countless times across the internet.

As Pitch Perfect is over a decade old, Kendrick reflects on the "Cups" song scene and its legacy. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Kendrick was asked to review the Pitch Perfect "Cups" song scene.

The actress cringed while she watched it, later revealing that the scene feels “like a weird nails on a chalkboard thing” due to her perception that...