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[Stiler]

Glad she stood her ground, and luckily that keycard did not work.

I think Gilliam is just one of those directors that can be hard on actors/actresses, trying to get them in a state of mind of the character they are playing and being a bit of a perfectionist. That can be really harsh to some actors. James Cameron and others are like this as well, putting their actors through the ringer to provoke the response they want out of them for the camera, etc.

I hope it was nothing sexual or anything, I love Gilliams movies and would hate to see him lumped in with Harvey and his ilk.

 

[Xero]

What directors are known to be the nice folks?

everyone on wonder woman seemed to love working with patty. She seemed very cool in the behind the scenes.

 

[Ridley327]

Fuck Harvey.

Though, Gilliam comes off almost as an asexual insane genius, so name dropping him in that fashion seems a bit sensationalistic. Dude was probably an asshole, but he has always seemed like one.

Has the dude ever worked with the same actor twice, excluding Ledger?

And speaking of nice directors, I've heard about tons of them. Aronofsky, Wright, Chazelle, Boyle, Reed, Waititi, Wes Anderson, Villeneuve, Scorsese, Darabont, Howard, Edwards, Feig, Gunn, Duncan Jones, etc etc.

Robin Williams and (even though it was for a role that was about 5 minutes of screen time in The Zero Theorem) Matt Damon are probably the biggest ones, but he's worked with a quite a few of his Monty Python alumni over the years, though Eric Idle wasn't one to mince words about how much he didn't enjoy those experiences.

 

[Saint Gregory]

The worst thing I've ever read about Gilliam in terms of his on-set behavior was The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, where he had a then 9-year-old Sarah Polley do a lot of crazy stunts without considering the whole "she's a 9-year-old girl" thing. I know she's never spoken favorably about working on the film as a result.

Oh God, I love that film and now I'll never be able to watch it the same way. I never even considered that she was being mistreated during those action scenes.

Now I'll have to wonder even more about what Natalie Portman experienced filming "The Professional".

 

[NYR94]

The worst thing I've ever read about Gilliam in terms of his on-set behavior was The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, where he had a then 9-year-old Sarah Polley do a lot of crazy stunts without considering the whole "she's a 9-year-old girl" thing. I know she's never spoken favorably about working on the film as a result.

Speaking of Sarah Polley...

Canadian film and TV star Sarah Polley says Harvey Weinstein once suggested they have a "close relationship" in order to advance her career, but she turned him down.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/10/16/sarah-polley-harvey-weinstein_a_23244854/

 

[Emerson]

Is this guy going to jail, or there some statute of limitations bullshit? Shouldn't there be an arrest by now?

The kind of sexual harassment described by Headey is not actually a crime. I know there have been a lot of other allegations though which I haven't been following.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

My facebook is absolutely insane with #Metoo right now. Sometimes i feel either insanely luckily isolated from shitheel fuckey human beings or that mayhaps i'm just surrounded by really really good liars.

Really happy that she straight up called out Harvey. It's so very strange to me that Weinstein barely had to make an attempt at a "double life" or any of that kind of shit here. Like cheaters, addicts, criminals with a public face will usually do the work to push that shit as far down as possible but here it's this really slimey... gross fucking situation of everyone knowing this and it being this accepted normal for a whole fucking industry and FINALLY these fucking dominos fall.

I feel like we're gonna come out the other end and basically have Hugh Jackman and Keanu Reaves left as the sole surviving people who aren't 100% complete garbage when it's all said and done. Just waiting for another one of those people that we all hear stories about and people "know but don't really know" they are fucking predators to get called out. Spacey or something.

 

[sans_pants]

A lot of directors are short tempered and bully actors.

I've never seen it get better results than the professionals who're polite and helpful.

kubrick tho

 

[Gutek]

Reading through Headey’s account here, I’m not sure there is a case for sexual harassment to be made.

 

[Robot Pants]

Terry Gilliam sucks. Real shocking news.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Robin Williams and (even though it was for a role that was about 5 minutes of screen time in The Zero Theorem) Matt Damon are probably the biggest ones, but he's worked with a quite a few of his Monty Python alumni over the years, though Eric Idle wasn't one to mince words about how much he didn't enjoy those experiences.

Coincidentally Williams had an uncredited cameo in Barron Munchausen as well so he worked with Gilliam at least three times.

 

[KHarvey16]

Reading through Headey’s account here, I’m not sure there is a case for sexual harassment to be made.

Yeah he was so worried about not harassing her that he told her not to tell anyone.

 

[Madness]

Damn. Lena Headey is so outspoken and welcoming about everyone and everything and this asshole tried to abuse his power with her too. Just makes you think how many women were powerless to stop his advances. This guy needs to lose every single cent and shut his studio down too. These guys built their industry and careers based on which actress they abused or bullied into doing what they wanted.

 

[strafer]

Has Trump said anything regarding Weinstein?

 

[n00bsauce87]

I know there are people on here that don't believe in God, but I gotta say, his card not working at that moment is nothing short of a miracle

With all of these run-ins of sexual harassment, I wonder if any of the actresses knew of his advances towards the other ones. Hollywood is so exclusive that I wonder if anyone talked within the circle

 

[Bronx-Man]

Reading through Headey’s account here, I’m not sure there is a case for sexual harassment to be made.

What do you think was about to happen if Lena didn’t speak up?

 

[G-Bus]

Here we go.

Bet this is just the start.

Bet a lot of producers/directors are shitting their pants right now on all the failed advances.

I'm sure there's more than a few women who used this kind of abuse to there advantage and don't see a problem with using sex to get ahead.

 

[PhantomThief]

So is this asshole going to jail or?

Is his fame and money going to get him off scott free?

 

[Discotheque]

Lots of directors are mean control freaks. That's not really a big deal imo. You tend to know what you're getting into when working with some of these more prominent people as their rep gets around

Like I love David Fincher movies, but if I was an actor and didn't want to sit around and do like a 100 takes for every damn scene then I wouldn't do a David Fincher movie.

A shame that she was yet another one who weinstein tried his creep tactics on tho

Also God damn at that Jennifer Lawrence nude lineup blurb. It's not enough for just weinstein to be exposed. I hope more producers are outed

 

[Saint Gregory]

Reading through Headey’s account here, I’m not sure there is a case for sexual harassment to be made.

He was a major Hollywood producer and after the first time she rebuffed him she never worked on another of his films. There's no telling what kind of impact he may have had on her career by telling other producer/directors not to work with her. I'm not sure what there's to be confused about here.

Think about how many successful actresses seemed to suddenly fall off the face of the Earth and the consider how many of them may have been blacklisted for pissing off the wrong predator.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Fucking asshole. I'm really glad that card didn't work. Man, what a piece of shit. Get help my ass.

What directors are known to be the nice folks?

Aside from what his movies might show, David Lynch is said to be incredibly welcoming on set, even to actors who have never been in big movies. Some have even called it their nicest on-set experience.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

So when is this sick fuck getting arrested?

When Trump gets arrested for his sexual assault allegations.

 

[Gutek]

What do you think was about to happen if Lena didn’t speak up?

That questions makes no sense. He was clearly making sexual advances, but she shot him down and nothing happened. Maybe because of the door, maybe because she shot him down - probably both.


All I’m saying is that as of right now, you could not make a case for sexual harassment that would hold up in court. At least based on her account.

 

[The Kree]

Waiting for a bomb to drop on David O. Russel.

 

[KHarvey16]

That questions makes no sense. He was clearly making sexual advances, but she shot him down and nothing happened. Maybe because of the door, maybe because she shot him down - probably both.

All I’m saying is that as of right now, you could make a case for sexual harassment that would hold up in court. At least based on her account.

Marching her toward the door and intimitating her. Telling her not to say anything to anyone. Please.

 

[Tovarisc]

What directors are known to be the nice folks?

Clint Eastwood is one, afaik

 

[jmdajr]

Has Trump said anything regarding Weinstein?

Yup.

The irony.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Reading through Headey’s account here, I’m not sure there is a case for sexual harassment to be made.

The fuck

He made an advance on her, she shot him down, and then he did it again under the guise of business. And told her not to tell anyone when she refused again. That IS sexual harassment.

 

[Emerson]

That questions makes no sense. He was clearly making sexual advances, but she shot him down and nothing happened. Maybe because of the door, maybe because she shot him down - probably both.


All I’m saying is that as of right now, you could not make a case for sexual harassment that would hold up in court. At least based on her account.

None of any of this is going to end up in court, that's not really the issue here.

 

[PMS341]

What directors are known to be the nice folks?

David Lynch is a sweet, sweet man.

 

[JB1981]

Are you kidding? Avatar has the worst acting I've ever seen, outside of obvious B movies. He can't even make a decent copy of his own Aliens, especially with a main character who can't stick to an accent.

Oh Jesus Christ

 

[AgentChris]

What directors are known to be the nice folks?

Not fact but from interviews it seems like Guillermo del Toro is a swell guy.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Clint Eastwood is one, afaik

Let's ask Spike Lee about that.

 

[Praetorpwj]

Good to hear Lena speaking out. She always seems like a tough soul but that would be a traumatic experience. Fuck Weinstein. A Lannister always pays her debts.

 

[gogosox82]

Jesus. That sounds terrifying. Feel so bad for her.

 

[Ragelink26]

Waiting for a bomb to drop on David O. Russel.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Tovarisc]

Has Trump said anything regarding Weinstein?

That he has known Weinstein for long time and that he isn't surprised by these allegations towards Weinstein.

 

[Jack Scofield]

There's no way that Harvey's wife didn't know about her husband's...proclivities.

 

[G-Bus]

.

 

[kmax]

There's no way that Harvey's wife didn't know about her husband's...proclivities.

I'm pretty sure that most people in Hollywood knew.

The guy has been doing it for over 30 years.

 

[Kurtofan]

Holy shit.

Also I had no idea she was in that movie.

 

[psyfi]

I'm so glad people are coming out against this guy. Men like him should not be in power.

 

[rudger]

Can we not conflate somebody being a bully on set with somebody who is a sexual predator? That’d be great.

 

[JB1981]

kubrick tho

There is little evidence that Kubrick was a dick to people.

 

[rudger]

There is little evidence that Kubrick was a dick to people.

Elizabeth Taylor says different. But he was a dick to get her in character supposedly

 

[KHarvey16]

Can we not conflate somebody being a bully on set with somebody who is a sexual predator? That’d be great.

Who’s doing that?

 

[Discotheque]

There is little evidence that Kubrick was a dick to people.

You kidding me? He's a known asshole back in the day on set. Man bullied the hell out of Shelly Duvall in shining

 

[bodyofanamerican]

There is little evidence that Kubrick was a dick to people.

I've read more than a few accounts of Nicholson and Kubrick driving Shelley Duvall out of her mind on the set of the Shining.

On a completely unrelated note, with nothing to do with Kubrick, just thought of that poor actress who was tricked into having real, unprotected sex with Marlon Brandon on the set of Last Tango in Paris, in collusion with the director (Bernardo Bertolucci) who wanted an unrehearsed reaction from her.

 

[Gattsu25]

Also, and for those wondering why so many of these stories take place in a hotel: Weinstein's office is in a hotel suite.

 

[ahoyle77]

Rewatchables pod was just talking about how nice Wes Craven was on sets. Probably helps on a horror set if the director doesn't act like a psycho though.