“You stand up to a bully. And sometimes, you win,” Hawn declared, revealing how she got revenge on Weinstein.
The Hollywood actress, 77, is blasting the jailed producer, saying he swindled her out of a movie role in the late 1980s.on Wednesday that she and Madonna were set to star in a screen adaptation of “Chicago” produced by Weinstein before he suddenly rejigged the project.
At the time, Hawn was in her early 40s. However, before production began, Weinstein suddenly commissioned a new script in which Velma was 23 years old, effectively aging Hawn out of the role. Harvey Weinstein and Goldie Hawn attend the de Grisogono Dinner at the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc on May 17, 2011 in Cannes, France.While Weinstein never went ahead with having Hawn in the role, he did pay her a salary because she had signed on to star in the project.
Weinstein finally ended up producing the big-screen adaptation of “Chicago” in 2002, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Velma.Catherine Zeta Jones and Renée Zellwegger in a scene from 2002’s “Chicago.”Weinstein was once the most powerful producer in Hollywood, famed for making and breaking careers.saying the movie mogul had raped and sexually assaulted them, sparking his dramatic downfall. Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year jail sentence in New York for his crimes.
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