Woody Allen says he should be the poster boy for #MeToo movement
As the #MeToo movement has swept across Hollywood and the globe, one person who has been silent in much of the conversation is Woody Allen.
The director, who has been accused of sexually abusing his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow 25 years ago, is finally breaking his silence.
In an interview with Argentinian news program, Periodismo Para Todos, Allen says these allegations resurfacing is "just so crazy".
"This is something that has been thoroughly looked at 25 years ago by all the authorities and everybody came to the conclusion that it was untrue. And that was the end and I’ve gone on with my life. For it to come back now, it’s a terrible thing to accuse a person of. I’m a man with a family and my own children. So, of course, it’s upsetting," he shared.
Allen was never formally charged, though the judge in the New York case described Allen’s behaviour towards Dylan as “grossly inappropriate.”
The claims resurfaced after the Weinstein scandal broke in October last year. Since then, dozens of actors who previously collaborated with Allen including Colin Firth, Timothee Chalamet, Mira Sorvino, Rachel Brosnahan, and many more have pledged not to work with him again.
Expanding more on the #MeToo movement, the director also revealed that he was upset about being clubbed with abusers:
"People who have been accused by 20 women, 50 women, 100 women of abuse and abuse and abuse— and I, who was only accused by one woman in a child custody case which was looked at and proven to be untrue, I get lumped in with these people. As I say I’m a big advocate of the Me Too movement. I feel when they find people who harass innocent women and men, it’s a good thing that they’re exposing them."
"But you know I, I should be the poster boy for the Me Too movement. Because I have worked in movies for 50 years. I’ve worked with hundreds of actresses and not a single one—big ones, famous ones, ones starting out—have ever ever suggested any kind of impropriety at all. I’ve always had a wonderful record with them." he added.
