Published By: Dishya Sharma
Last Updated: March 21, 2024, 16:13 IST
Susan Sarandon stated individuals who aided Harvey Weinstein must be held accountable. (Photo Credits: Twitter)
On February 23, 2023, Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in jail on expenses of rape and third-degree sexual misconduct.
Veteran actor Susan Sarandon not too long ago joined Mira Sorvino and Geena Davis at a panel at 90s Con. On Sunday, the Oscar-winning actors spoke about Hollywood and its remedy of ladies. Actor Mira Sorvino, who was one of many first ladies to brazenly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment in 2017, stated that her profession suffered a significant setback after she rejected Weinstein’s advances. Sorvino stated that her profession took off after she gained the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1996 for the movie Mighty Aphrodite however she quickly stopped getting work from huge studios.
Sorvino stated, “For a time, I had a lot of wonderful offers and then, my career was stifled by Harvey Weinstein. So, I stopped doing major studio movies after 1998. I stopped being a viable movie actress.” She stated that afterwards, she labored on indie movies and tv exhibits. Sorvino had labored with Weinstein on movies like Blue within the Face (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), and Mimic (1997).
On February 23, 2023, Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in jail on expenses of rape and third-degree sexual misconduct. Before 2017, Weinstein was a celebrated movie producer. His firm Miramax made a number of Oscar-winning movies.
Following Sorvino’s feedback, actor Susan Sarandon stated that the movie business has not executed sufficient even after Harvey Weinstein’s arrest following the #MeToo motion, which outed many wealthy and highly effective individuals for sexual misconduct.
The 77-year-old actor argued that individuals who aided Harvey Weinstein must be held accountable and stated, “I don’t think we’ve done the cleanup afterwards that we should be doing. I don’t think people talk enough about the people who facilitated the Harvey Weinsteins of the world who are still functioning, who are equally responsible. They knew why they were sending people to a hotel, who didn’t pay attention when someone complained.”
This shouldn’t be the primary time Sarandon has spoken about how Hollywood rewards complicity, which in flip permits abusers to flee accountability.
In 2016, throughout a Q & A session after the screening of her documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr in UK, Sarandon stated, “It’s certainly not a requirement to be smart in my business. Mediocrity is rewarded time and time again. A lot of the time you’re hired because you don’t ask questions.”
She added, “I think that we can’t condemn someone or we slut-shame somebody for embracing their seductiveness. But, at the same time, you want to have enough power and economic stability to able to say no, to not be in a Harvey Weinstein situation where your work is held hostage and you’re forced to do things you don’t want to do.”
