Has Hollywood changed since the MeToo movement exploded two years ago? Angelina Jolie, Kristen Stewart and Melissa McCarthy share their thoughts with Reuters
LOS ANGELES - This week marks two years since the New York Times and the New Yorker published accounts by multiple women accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, fueling the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and a drive to empower women who work behind and in front of the camera.
Weinstein is due to stand trial in January on charges of rape and predatory assault of two women. He denies any non-consensual sex. Reuters asked actors, directors and producers how much Hollywood has changed since October 2017. Below are their replies, edited for length and clarity.“I’d like to say that I feel like men might be beginning to behave themselves a little bit better, and I say maybe. I’m not saying they have definitively, but there is a new way of communicating, or a slightly new awareness, an awareness shift that’s happened. It’s in process. This job is not done.
FILE PHOTO: Cast member Angelina Jolie attends the premiere of"Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo“For me we had Andrea , three female leads, we also had first female , and it’s almost one of those things now that’s become natural because these women are the best at what they do, and that’s why they were there and not because they’re women ...
Reporting by Rollo Ross, Alicia Powell, Sarah Mills, Jane Ross and Lisa Richwine; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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