Ashley Judd, the first person to sue the New York Times against convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein, stars as herself in the new film She Said, which chronicles the newspaper’s bombastic coverage of the disgraced man movie mogul goes.
“I just want to remember when I was talking to my mom about it, she said in her sweet way, in soft tones, ‘Go get him honey’ … no punishing bone in her body,” Judd told her mom’s crowd , the late singing legend Naomi Judd, at the film’s premiere at the New York Film Festival.
“She was just blown away by my boldness, as I heard from friends later,” said Judd, who claimed she was sexually harassed by Weinstein at a hotel in 1997 while filming Kiss the Girls.
The actress, who received a standing ovation when she took the stage at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center, said the Times report and the #MeToo movement that Tarana Burke founded prompted her to “reframe experiences that I needed to understand that they were indeed a nuisance if I had previously minimized them.
Judd says her mom told her, “‘Go get him, honey,'” she recalled. moviemagic
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan play reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor in the new movie directed by Maria Schrader. The film is based on the duo’s book about their coverage of Weinstein, which was a catalyst for others to come forward.
Kazan said there have been some improvements in the film industry, citing the hiring of “intimacy coordinators” on sets that “have become an industry standard.”
Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan play reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor. Getty Images for FLC
“My first experience with it, I was really crazy in anticipation of it, but then it was like, wait, I wouldn’t throw a punch without a stunt coordinator,” Kazan said. “It makes perfect sense… why wasn’t this always here?”
But she said there is still work to be done.
Other Weinstein accusers were in the crowd, including Lauren O’Connor, who wrote a memo to the Miramax board about Weinstein’s alleged wrongdoing, and Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, who went to the police after Weinstein assaulted her in a hotel room in 2015. The DA has not filed any charges).
Weinstein, who is currently serving 23 years, is currently on trial in Los Angeles. Getty Images
The film includes a recording of the real listening device Gutierrez was wearing when he confronted Weinstein.
Weinstein is serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual abuse. He is also currently facing a second sex crimes trial in Los Angeles for rape and sexual assault.