Anne Hathaway sent a personal email of apology to a journalist after a 12-year-old interview resurfaced in which she gave monosyllabic answers.

Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist who has built a career interviewing Hollywood stars, posted a YouTube video this week in which she reflected on the Les Misérables press junket.

Flaa came up with the idea of singing her questions in the hope that actors would respond with a tuneful answer. As the video shows, most played ball. Hathaway had other ideas.

The Princess Diaries actress declined to participate in the sing-song and proceeded to give brusque answers to Flaa’s questions. “Do you think love was more passionate back then?” Flaa asked. “No,” Hathaway replied shaking her head.

Flaa described the exchange as “topnotch cringe,” though she recognized that doing stunts during interviews can backfire. Flaa added that she had met Hathaway since the 2012 exchange and she had been “very sweet.