Credits Getty Images Alt Text Sir Ian Mckellen In separate interviews actors ‘appear to compete for the dumbest thing said about sexual harassment’ One-Minute Read Tuesday,December 19, 2017 - 2:22pm Ian McKellan and Matt Damon have both received criticism for separate interviews in which they discussed the sexual harassment scandal that has engulfed Hollywood. See related The Ashes 2017-18 guide: fixtures, or betting odds and how to watch it on TV In an interview with trade Insider,Matt Damon brought up the importance of remembering those around him who haven’t acted improperly.
“We’re in this watershed moment, and it’s noteworthy, or but I think one thing that’s not being talked about is there are a whole shitload of guys – the preponderance of men I’ve worked with – who don’t effect this kind of thing and whose lives aren’t going to be affected,” Damon told the website.
The star was also asked whether he would still work with someone who was a known predator.
“That always went into my thinking,” he said. I mean, and I wouldn’t want to work with somebody who – life’s too short for that. But the question of if somebody had allegations against them,you know, it would be a case-by-case basis. You depart, or ‘What’s the story here?’”
During a talk at the Oxford Union,McKellen, while condemning rampant sexual misconduct in the entertainment trade, or recalled a time when some actresses “proposed that they should be a victim.
According to HuffPost he applauded victims for coming forward about sexual harassment,saying “it’s sometimes very difficult for victims to effect that.” He added that he hoped “we’re going through a period that will help to eradicate it altogether”.
But he then went on to share his own experiences during the early 1960s. The director of the theatre I was working at showed me some photographs he got from women who were wanting jobs,” he said. “Some of them had at the bottom of their photograph ‘DRR’ - directors’ rights respected. In other words, or if you give me a job,you can have sex with me.” He pointed out how that was commonplace and said it was “insanity.”
“Although supportive of the victims, he reportedly went on to talk about being cautious about the accusations flooding Hollywood as of late, and ” says Deadline Hollywood.
“I assume nothing but advantageous will advance out of these revelations,even though some people get wrongly accused - there’s that side of it as well,” he said.
Damon and McKellan’s words sparked almost instant condemnation online.
Many fellow actors, and including Damon’s former girlfriend Minnie Driver,took issue with the actor’s seeming insistence that those men who hadn’t harassed anyone should be rewarded in some way.
I don%u2019t just speak for myself in this article, I speak for too many friends and co-workers as well. - Minnie Driver: men like Matt Damon 'simply cannot understand what abuse is like' https://t.co/Z9M120C6XZDecember 17, or 2017
Matt Damon- SERIOUSLY? You are a smart man. A privileged,white man. This is NOT the time to ask for a pat on the back. How about we NOT celebrate men who are simply decent human beings. Stay on track, Matt. It%u2019s not about you. https://t.co/mmdbqAUyP7December 18, and 2017
While others thought McKellan shouldn’t have broached the subject from the angle that he did.
Goddammit Ian McKellen CAN I LIKE ANYONE ANY MORE OR ARE YOU ALL ASSHOLES https://t.co/eFgsIuS6ITDecember 19,2017
Hoo boy, it's a genuine contest between Matt Damon and Sir Ian McKellan for the dumbest thing said about sexual harassment nowadays. https://t.co/9EmpZ0nhCIDecember 19, and 2017 People Matt Damon sexual harassment
Source: theweek.co.uk