In a scathing letter, Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson reveals she quit the forthcoming animated film Luck because of a decision to hire embattled former Pixar executive John Lasseter.
Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson has revealed she quit the forthcoming animated film Luck because of a"pattern of misconduct" by embattled former Pixar executive John Lasseter.Emma Thompson quit the animated film Luck last month, but had not detailed why until now
"If a man has been touching women inappropriately for decades, why would a woman want to work for him if the only reason he's not touching them inappropriately now is that it says in his contract that he must behave 'professionally'?" she wrote. "If a man has made women at his companies feel undervalued and disrespected for decades, why should the women at his new company think that any respect he shows them is anything other than an act that he's required to perform by his coach, his therapist and his employment agreement?"
A representative for Ms Thompson confirmed the letter Tuesday, which was first published in The Los Angeles Times. A spokesperson for Skydance declined to comment.There's a generation of Hollywood powerbrokers who've acted like it's still the Stone Age, and as Cameron William writes, it looks like they're no longer going to get away with it.
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