After she declined a position in his romantic comedy, actress Samantha Morton alleges disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein tried to ruin her career.

 

Samantha Morton, an English actress, claims that when she was in her early twenties, disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein attempted to ruin her career.continue reading 

The 46-year-old actress claimed the disgraced producer threatened to ensure she "would not work again" after she declined an offer to appear in his 2000 romantic comedy About Adam, which starred Kate Hudson, Stuart Townsend, and Frances O'Connor. The producer, who is currently in jail after being found guilty of sex crimes, is currently in jail.

On The Louis Theroux Podcast, she recalled: "I said, "I don't like it. I don't want to be in the movie because I find it to be quite misogynistic.

The casting director allegedly informed the Minority Report actress, "You don't say no to Harvey," after that. Samantha insisted, however, that she was just rejecting the film and not the producer, and when she resisted changing her position, she was given a terrifying warning.

She remarked, "I had just finished working on Under The Skin with Stuart Townsend. I simply found it to be uninteresting. I was quite diplomatic.

I [then] received a call that said, "You can't say no." The "no" was not taken into consideration. Therefore, they continued returning with this role, and I was categorically informed,

If you don't take on this role, you won't be hired again. I'm going to try to ruin your life. You won't be hired again.

The Brothers Grimm, a 2005 movie starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, was passed down in favour of Lena Headey after the producer deemed the Whale actress unfit for the part. The actress refused to back down and acknowledged that she believed her decision cost her parts in several of Weinstein's later movies.

It caused Samantha to wonder why he was hostile towards her.

Then, she recalled the About Adam caution.

I forgot about it because it happened years ago, she continued. After all these years, I finally understood that if Miramax or the Weinstein Company were involved in my receiving an offer or a letter from a director, it would be terrible for me.

"He had a deep-seated motivation for basically trying to ruin my career... Absolutely not, as I continued to develop and produce independent films all over the world.

The media magnate, 70, was jailed in 2020 for sex crimes in New York City and was convicted guilty of rape and two other counts of sexual assault at a trial in Los Angeles in December.

It seems unbelievable to be found guilty of a crime I wasn't even present for, he remarked. I'm not guilty. I never beat or sexually attacked someone.

The woman who Weinstein was found guilty of raping "perjured herself at least three times and then sued for money when she said on the stand that she would "never,"'" he said, maintaining his innocence. "I've never been with her. Her entire assertion was a ruse to steal money, he continued.

When Weinstein was found guilty of rape, forcible oral copulation, and sexual penetration by a foreign object of an unnamed Russian-born Italian model, he was already serving a 23-year term for separate rape and sexual assault convictions in New York.

 

After a rape at the Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel in February 2013, he was given his most recent term, which won't start until he finishes his New York sentence.

Weinstein, who is now almost certain to die in prison, sobbed as the court announced his punishment on Thursday: "I maintain that I'm innocent."I never sexually assaulted or raped Jane Doe 1. The truth is that she doesn't know me, and I've never met this woman.

He pleaded with Judge Lisa B. Lench, "Please don't sentence me to life in prison," but to no avail. I'm not deserving of it. There are a lot of issues with this case.

In addition to the remaining 21 years of his New York sentence, he will now serve an additional 16 years. If Weinstein is still living at the age of 91, he would then be transported to California to complete his 16 years of incarceration there.

Weinstein would be released at the age of 107 if he served his entire sentence in California.