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Actor Julia Stiles lately opened up about her uncomfortable expertise working with Harvey Weinstein on the 2000 movie All the way down to You, including that his uncommon calls for to make her dance throughout reshoots made her really feel “slimy”.
Julia Stiles recollects feeling ‘slimy’
In a latest interview on the Movies To Be Buried with Brett Goldstein podcast with Brett Goldstein, Stiles shared that Weinstein interfered with the challenge, making pointless adjustments that, in her view, lowered the standard of the movie.
“It was a time when teen rom-coms have been actually widespread. The director, Kris Isacsson, wrote the script. He was a first-time director and a really, very clever, succesful man. The script was excellent. After which, Harvey Weinstein bought his fingers on it and determined to capitalize on this pattern. And it simply grew to become dumb,” she stated.
Stiles recalled that Harvey Weinstein needed to capitalise on the success of her earlier success in movies like Save the Final Dance and 10 Issues I Hate About You by forcing a dance scene into All the way down to You.
“They’re pouring cash at it in silly methods. So once we went and did reshoots, I used to be informed that he [Weinstein] determined that due to the success of Save the Final Dance or the success of 10 Issues I Hate About You, with me dancing on the pool desk, he wanted to have me dancing within the movie. I really like to bounce, but it surely was dumb. It was like, ‘Okay, let’s get her on a pool desk.’ It wasn’t even imaginative. And I felt so slimy doing it the entire time. I do not know if that really made it into the movie, but it surely was annoying as a result of I used to be like, that is so low cost, and it isn’t including to the story,” she added.
Harvey Weinstein reacts
In an announcement launched from jail to the Every day Beast, Weinstein, in response to her feedback, defended his actions.
“Julia Stiles is a gifted and charismatic actress who naturally connects with audiences. Past her appearing abilities, she’s additionally a implausible dancer, which was one thing followers actually needed on the time. I included that scene in All the way down to You to reinforce the movie’s attraction, and her chemistry with Freddie Prinze Jr. made it work seamlessly,” he wrote.
“As a filmmaker, I’ve at all times sought methods to raise a challenge, and after I see a chance to make a movie higher, I take it. That very same intuition led David O Russell and me to solid Julia in Silver Linings Playbook, the place she as soon as once more delivered a standout efficiency,” he concluded.
Harvey Weinstein was the topic of a bunch of sexual assault and harassment complaints from trade girls throughout the #MeToo wave. The once-powerful film mogul is at present in jail throughout the retrial for earlier rape convictions that have been overturned.
