Actresses you think fucked Harvey Weinstein for roles

Didn’t some of them just give blow jobs?

Olivia Wilde Nicole Kidman

Renee Zellweger

Apparently Olivia Wilde, although I don't know what role she got from him if any

Renee. Most people realized a long time ago she was an overpraised mediocrity. That Judy oscar was misguided.

Leo D.

I doubt Zellweger was one. She seems to unstable and vulnerable. Predators usually can sniff out the ones who are too weak and will tell.

Plus Chicago wasn't a film Weinstein pushed. He actually wanted Gangs of New York to be his big film that year so he neglected Chicago thereby turning most involved with it against him.

Most of them did. I think it night be easier to make a list of who didn’t.

Andie Macdowall, Uma Thurman, Kate Winslett, Charlize Theron, and Billy Bob Thornton.

Queen Latifeh

Renee Z. denies it, but the couch photo makes me think: hmm ...

Olivia Wilde, I think yes.

Jennifer Lawrence, younger version of Renee Z.

Meryl at least gave him a hand job right?

I don't know.

Those photos prove that Renée Zellweger is guilty of fucking that blob.

In the pic r11 posted, Olivia looks like she is being held against her will.

He just outright raped poor Lynette Anthony multiple times without even giving her any roles. She was so cute in those quintessential Bryan Adams music videos.

Definitely, Renee and Jennifer. And I have a very strong suspicion that they enjoyed it. They didn’t need him to be good looking. They were young enough and cute enough to have good-looking guys swarming them constantly. But what none of those guys could do for them, Harvey could. And did.

Fly in a private jet? He’s got it fueled and ready to go.

Wear a gown his wife designed? Sure, a girl’s gotta wear something.

Suck his dick? Close your eyes, think of the Oscars, and watch his company mount a campaign featuring you and what a great new addition you are to the art of film making.

Come out as a happy volunteer piece of ass when so many others are talking about how the no’s they said to him (that you never said) didn’t mean no to him? That he was in fact a rapist? Now, THAT is awkward. So awkward you might want to grab some rich guy, make him your husband, get pregnant by him, and disappear for a while.

Renee

Nicole

Jennifer L

Cameron

Goop

Was Bridget Jones Diary a Weinstein film?

Goop never did, she had way too much clout from the very very beginning of her career. I suspect she judged the ones who had to.

[quote] Was Bridget Jones Diary a Weinstein film?

Yes - Miramax.

Zellweger was hot from Jerry McGuire. I doubt she needed to cater to Weinstein. Plus does she even like men? Never married (well once for a few weeks)

Weinstein got Renee an Oscar for Cold Mountain. If you want it to rain, you have to pull the train.

I don’t believe GOOP did. Harvey was sniffing around her ass and Brad Pitt had some words with him.

the Cold Mountain Oscar was a makeup for losing the previous 2 years and despite what people think now her performance was acclaimed at the time (plus the competition was weak)

Judi Dench

I think anyone is naïve to think some of these did not have sex with Harvey. When women turned him down, he blacklisted them.

Shelly Duvall

Laverne Cox

R25, I think that story sounds like something made up to make Goop seem like she’s better than the actresses who had to service him. Not saying YOU made it up, I’ve seen it elsewhere. I just think it’s suspiciously self-serving. “Not only did I not compromise my virtue, but I was saved by my handsome knight in shining armor!” But that’s just my gut.

There were certain actresses Harvey knew he couldn’t lay a finger on BECAUSE he wouldn’t have been able to destroy them if they got pissed. He exploited women who were nobodies at the time, didn’t have a lot of power, or (common in acting) had wacky personalities, so that he could discredit them if he needed to avoid getting caught.

He didn’t lay a finger on Meryl or “Spielberg is my godfather” Goop.

I think saying Harvey blacklisted every woman who turned him down is a stretch. You could make a case for Rose McGowan and maybe Mira Sorvino, of the high profile ones. Paz de la Huerta (and I 100% believe he raped her) was insane long before Harvey.

By the time Meryl worked with him, she was way more important than he was. Plus she was too old for him.

I would say for sure Goop and JLaw. I don’t trust Goopy story.

Sadly, Nicole Kidman did more than once.

Angelina Jolie is 2nd gen Hollywood as well & she apparently turned him down. Therefore, she was not in his movies. I still do think 2nd gen Hollywood Paltrow played ball with Weinstein.

He tried it with AJ; he wouldn’t be hands-off with GP.

[quote] I think that story sounds like something made up to make Goop seem like she’s better than the actresses who had to service him.

Absolutely. She’s a lying cunt.

I don't believe the rumor about Gretchen Mol-she *didn't* play ball with him and that's exactly why Weinstein and his cronies spread the rumor that she did put out for him. And didn't Weinstein tell a few directors not to hire certain actresses because they were "difficult"? Mira Sorvino, Ashley Judd, etc.? He may have been punishing them for not acquiescing to his overtures.

I do think Jennifer Lawrence might have done something or other for him though. How else could a complete mediocrity like her have zoomed straight to the head of line?

R37 I agree. I've always thought the Gretchen Mol connection was questionable too. She was never seen with him in public and she really wasn't pushed that much besides the infamous Vanity Fair cover. Nor was she given anything that high profile movie wise besides the Bettie Page biopic, and that was several years later. And some of the gossip about was particularly vicious, with Harvey and his pals having really degrading sex with her and even bringing her husband into it. It sounded like someone had a vendetta against her. Her movie career never recovered, but she has done ok elsewhere.

Peter Jackson admitted that he believed Weinstein’s claim that Ashley Judd, who turned him down, was “difficult” and didn’t cast her in Lord of the Rings, a mega blockbuster which would have undoubtedly have had a favorable impact on her career. Now, we know Judd is nuts, but don’t think we’ve heard stories to confirm she would be “difficult” to work with on sets.

Brenda Blethyn

I'm with R21. No way in hell GOOP had to.

Umm, hello? 41 replies and no mention of me yet?

Virtually all lead actresses in Weinstein's films have fucked him. Or he wouldn't have cast them. Possible exceptions for HUGE established movie stars like Julia Roberts. If an actress has done multiple films with him, esp at the beginning of their career then you KNOW she gave him favors.

So I think the list (and I know there are many more that are less famous) is: Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger (definitely), Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lawrence (definitely), Charlize Theron (definitely), Michelle Williams (definitely), Uma Thurman (definitely), Cameron Diaz, Olivia Wilde (definitely, Jessica Alba (definitely), Sienna Miller

If you think Gwyneth's name could protect her then you're wrong. Her lineage isn't that powerful.

Shoutout to Reese Witherspoon and Sandra Bullock who didn't work with Weinstein even once in their whole careers

Vivian Vance

Minnie Mouse

I heard he wouldn't return Kate Jackson's calls.

R12 God!!?? Harvey??! 🤢

R13 🤏

R14

Angelina Jolie did want or was in talks for the role in Silver Linings Playbook. (she would have made more sense in the part. The character is supposed to be much older. J-Law as a widow just seemed off.) Jolie would have been the right age.

Weinstein is in jail now. Which cases (which actresses) had their cases prosecuted? (All unknowns?)

How hasn’t Weinstein died in jail yet?

I go back and forth on Blake. She was everywhere during GG and i remember the rumours about her being considered for Gravity 😆 But then she disappeared after getting with Ryan. Hope it was worth it.

And it cracks me up that Olivia Wilde is seen as this massive feminist because of Booksmart. Or that her "relationship" with Harry is real and couldn't possibly be pr.

I don't think that Kidman did. Not because she's virtuous, but, because pre-Moulin Rouge, she had the protection of Tammy and Scientology and Weinstein wouldn't want to be on their bad side. Post-Moulin Rouge, she was too famous.

Mira Sorvino had family connections AND an Oscar, so I don't buy that being in a showbiz family protected Goop. I know "Uncle Steven" gave her her first role, but Goop did the sorts of bit parts (Malice) and TV movies (Cruel Doubt) that all the other young actresses were doing in the 90s, so clearly she didn't have the greatest connections

Olivia Wilde not only fucked him, she was his threesome partner.

Add Sarah Polley to the "didn't fuck him" list. Martin Scorsese pushed her hard for the role in Gangs of New York that went to Cameron Diaz, but Weinstein vetoed the casting because she wouldn't blow him.

R48 At one time Zooey Deschanel was in talks too. Even though she was considered the "independent film queen" for a while, I'm not sure if she ever worked with Weinstein.

Nicole had sex with Harvey multiple times. The most desperate being for Grace of Monaco to get Harvey to commit $5 million for distribution of that POS.

I wonder what it's like to be one of Wenstein's kids.

"Nicole had sex with Harvey multiple times."

And how do you know that?

This is basically "Let's list actresses we don't like"

Clara Peller

Whoopi Goldberg

That whorey green M&M

R53 really? She would have been too young. And i think Vampire Academy was distributed by Weinstein.

Olivia Wilde is/was a procurer. She would find and groom young actresses and bring them to Harvey (and surely other powerful Hollywood types). She certainly doesn't owe her current clout to talent.

Not Goop? C'mon, he claimed to have fucked her and I'm sure he didn't need to lie (about that). Before Shakespeare in Love, she was nothing. It was a generally acknowledged fact that she wouldn't have gotten that Oscar if it weren't for the way he pushed her.

Kissy kissy

The rumor I heard was that Goop blew him to get the role in Shakespeare in Love. It was supposed to be Winona Ryder's part.

Sarah Polley would have been a helluva lot more believable as a 19th Century prostitute than Cameron Diaz, who looked like she just wandered on set from the nearest Starbucks. Her casting was as disastrous as Heather Graham as a 19th Century prostitute in From Hell.

Did Graham fuck Weinstein? She sure was an It Girl in the 90s, and she's his type (leggy and blonde).

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

I'm trying to understand why people think GOOP would have to considering her parents' connections. Particularly, her father.

Goop doesn't put out.

[quote] Olivia Wilde not only fucked him, she was his threesome partner.

[quote] Olivia Wilde is/was a procurer. She would find and groom young actresses and bring them to Harvey (and surely other powerful Hollywood types). She certainly doesn't owe her current clout to talent.

Was going to say this, but others have done it so well. Olivia Wilde was Weinstein’s Ghislaine Maxwell.

Now view her PR and relationships with that history in mind.

[quote] I'm trying to understand why people think GOOP would have to considering her parents' connections. Particularly, her father.

Because her father was the executive producer of "The White Shadow," not the Emperor of Hollywood

Connections will take you places in Hollywood, but only so far. If they took you anywhere, then Lorraine Gary would have been a much bigger star than she was.

Alicia Vikander

Remember when we heard so much about her? She was going to be the “it girl”. She “loved” Weinstein. Then she essentially disappeared when the whole Weinstein thing blew up. She coincidentally married Michael Fassbender in Europe at that time. They were thought to have been put together by Weinstein (for PR....or is it legit?). There were even questions of Weinstein attending their wedding....or them waiting until the whole #MeToo thing blew over so he could attend.

Nowadays she’s in films and had a baby, but do we hear much about her?

There's a reason why actresses have always been considered to be a step away from whores, and why many of them actually return to a life of whoredom after their career tanks. Through the ages.

what no men servicing harvey?

off topic, but 20 years ago on sunset i was browsing thru one of their newstands on the sidewalk and a limo pulls up, and ole harvey gets out of that limo looking beyond wrinkled and disheveled, leaning against the car, while i saw a young male assistant then get out of said limo, of his grabbing a bucket load of various magazines of different topics, paid the cashier in cash and both got back in the vehicle and were whisked away...

[quote]what no men servicing harvey?

The gays dodged a bullet with this hideous ogre.

My whole career has been trading up!

R61 Yes.

Am skeptical of Meryl Streep.

She reportedly warned her daughters (just as they were entering her same career field) about the dangers of Harvey Weinstein.

Yet, publicly, Streep denied knowing of Weinstein’s acts.

Indeed, Ms Streep, you are ever the “consummate, professional”* actress: always “acting”.

[quote]Alicia Vikander

I was thinking that too; I think her marriage to Fassbender is the real thing, though after the last X-Man movie was released, there were numerous stories about him cheating on her. Though maybe during lockdown she told him to straighten up or get out. Who knows - but yes, she used to be everywhere, but her recent movies have sunk like a stone

Ridiculous to marry a hot actor and expect fidelity.

Yea to all of OP’s suggestions except for Paltrow who I totally believe was too grossed out and ran crying to Brad to protect her.

She didn’t want Harvey’s goop anywhere near her.

Betty White

Way back in the day someone posted on another board at sitting in front of Harvey Weinstein and Eva Mendes making out at TIFF.

[quote] Paz de la Huerta (and I 100% believe he raped her) was insane long before Harvey.

Yep. She was Tobey Maguire’s childhood love interest in The Cider House Rules and was a teen at the time.

[quote] Angelina Jolie did want or was in talks for the role in Silver Linings Playbook. (she would have made more sense in the part. The character is supposed to be much older. J-Law as a widow just seemed off.) Jolie would have been the right age.

This is a role Renee Zellweger would have been good in. She’s just odd enough and is a Bradley Cooper ex to boot.

[quote] Indeed, Ms Streep, you are ever the “consummate, professional”* actress: always “acting”.

I am not acting!!! I'm not acting!!!

[quote] Way back in the day someone posted on another board at sitting in front of Harvey Weinstein and Eva Mendes making out at TIFF.

Very interesting, R83. We don’t hear much about Eva and Weinstein, but years ago, I read a blind that said Weinstein was promoting her because they were “together”. (This was before Gosling).

She was in the movie, The Women, and the film, The Place Beyond The Pines (with Gosling), but I don’t know enough about her to know of a subtle Weinstein connection.

Jaye Davidson

[quote]Paz de la Huerta (and I 100% believe he raped her) was insane long before Harvey.

I cannot imagine any scenario involving sex and Weinstein where it was genuinely consensual - and that includes his marriages.

The Gretchen Mol thing was a rumor via blind item started by the odious leech Lainey. Mol denied it during the MeToo stuff.

Topic? Jennifer Lawrence, definitely. Renee, definitely.

Isn’t there a difference between knowing someone is a womanizer vs. knowing they are a rapist who enters secret NDAs? Not saying it was okay to accommodate him but they all did, and some sexed him for parts and Oscars.

[quote] Not Goop? C'mon, he claimed to have fucked her and I'm sure he didn't need to lie (about that). Before Shakespeare in Love, she was nothing

This simply isn’t true, she had Emma, Sliding Doors, Se7en and Hard 8 and had a Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue group cover prior to Shakespeare In Love.

He said all over town that he fucked her because she actually fluked an (unpopular) Oscar.

Renee looks like she'd fuck anybody just for fun... or because it's a slow Tuesday! So of course! HAHAHAHA

I think it's very likely Jennifer Lawrence did, but she certainly got a massive return on her investment. Harvey is a disgusting pig, but if the fame and fortune she got for it was waiting on the other side for me, I'd do it.

Harvey Weinstein has always reminded me of Daddy Mugs. So in my imagination his casting couch would include men.

Just read a rundown of all the accusers who finally came clean... it's a shocking look to suddenly come forward with all this very frank sexual assault, especially the oral sex performed on the victim. A lot of victim blaming here, but this large group of women absolutely chose their careers over their dignity and souls.

I'm disgusted. Each woman who accepted it and kept quiet so they could get roles enabled him, especially the ones who "fought" or "escaped". Jesus. This should be studied in line with incestuous families- sacrificing the individuals to preserve the whole unit.

Did GOOP have to steam her twat after getting fucked by Harvey?

The Olsen twins. They look depraved. Probably diddled him for a Diet Coke.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon

Nell Carter

[quote] Yea to all of OP’s suggestions except for Paltrow who I totally believe was too grossed out and ran crying to Brad to protect her. She didn’t want Harvey’s goop anywhere near her.

Oh, thank you!!! That's *exactly* what happened.

I don't think Blake Lively did it with Harvey Weinstein. I *do* think she did it with Ben Affleck.

Zooey Deschanel chose not to fuck him and her career suffered for it. She sued her ex-manager at one point and some interesting information came out. Looks like we can add Naomi Watts to the list of people who fucked Weinstein:

"In another email, Melfi stated that Deschanel “said that this was the first script she’s received from UTA since she left the ‘alien spaceship place,'” a reference to Deschanel’s time at CAA, whose Century City headquarters is jocularly referred to as the “Death Star.” “She’s very excited after she read the St. Vin [script] to know she made the right choice.”

But Deschanel wasn’t cast. St. Vincent, a Weinstein Co. picture, would star Naomi Watts in a supporting role alongside Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy.

The judge further discusses Deschanel’s concerns about her busy schedule before addressing that need to secure Harvey Weinstein’s blessing, a potentially explosive topic given allegations elsewhere of sexual misconduct against the movie mogul. The judge writes, “It also shows that factors outside of her, UTA, and cross-defendants’ control played a role, particularly, the unexplained absence of Weinstein’s approval.”"

R62 I’ve seen her in exactly one film and she was good in it. I’ve seen her one directorial effort and it’s good. Pimp and procurer? Not everyone has to like you.

Olivia Wilde is a terrible actress.

Why should the ones who had sex with him be ashamed? They knew what they were getting in exchange.

JLaw also had sex with DOR, so she was okay climbing the pole.

The only ones I feel bad for are the ones he blackballed or physically hurt.

No sympathy for Rose. She went to his hotel room and he ate her pussy. That is not abuse.

R92 Emma and Sliding Doors were both produced by Weinstein. He also had a lot of influence over who made those Vanity Fair covers.

Right R106! But I would even go a step further. Women have been voluntarily selling their pussies in all kinds of contexts since the beginning of time. There is the reason it is the oldest "profession." Giving an old man some pussy in exchange for money or favor is a business transaction.

However in most states, it is an illegal transaction, so if he doesn't "pay up" there is no way to enforce the contract. Hoes getting stiffed (ie. not getting the role or money or whatever they were promised) is not rape. It is just part of the cost of doing "business."

That's why the me too casting couch is a joke.

R57 has it right. This is just an excuse for people to complain about actresses they hate. It’s not like people mention actresses who did films with Weinstein like Kristin Scott Thomas and Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) or Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore (The Shipping News), Helena Bonham Carter (The Wings of the Dove) or Kate Winslet (Finding Neverland, The Reader).

It feels far too convenient to assume that Harvey only went after actresses that people think are overrated, and just happened to leave the talented ones alone.

R109 I think people are mostly saying the most obvious ones, like Goop, JLaw and Mol, because he pushed them so hard.

Calista Flockhart

Rape is wrong and anyone who does it should be punished. With that said, I have a problem with women that don't speak up at the time. I realize they are traumatized, but from a practical standpoint, not speaking up makes it hard as hell to prosecute these bastards.

Our system is innocent until PROVEN guilty. If it is he said/she said then there is plenty of room for reasonable doubt which means he wins. If women are not gonna report it at the time then they need to just drop it or decide they will get justice some other way (such as hiring some dudes with ski masks and baseball bats, drag his ass in an alley and beat the hell outta him).

But don't ask us to "believe women" if you haven't given us a reason to do so. That's not our system.

REBECCA ROMIJN

TEA LEONI

[Quote] She was in the movie, The Women, and the film, The Place Beyond The Pines (with Gosling), but I don’t know enough about her to know of a subtle Weinstein connection.

I think Eva was an addict?? Also heard she used to fuck Denzel.

[Quote] I don't think Blake Lively did it with Harvey Weinstein. I *do* think she did it with Ben Affleck.

Well that became obvious when Ben got spotted with a black eye. I can absolutely see Jennifer being the one to leak Blake's nudes.

Phyllis Diller

Bea Arthur

Is Blake Lively SO talented that she didn’t “have to” fuck HW? She’s not that great-looking, yet she seems to have been everywhere for a while.

Thought it generally known that Weinstein “assisted” Blake Lively in making the transition from tv (in her series) to film. She was another Weinstein it girl for a while: several years before Weinstein’s antics were exposed via The New Yorker/NYT.

R117 the nose job helped.

Lunt AND Fontanne.

Me Too was a fraud.

Me Too was just the nickname of an civil war between hollywood power players. Big Harvey is in jail because somebody, or a group of people, wanted to take him out of town. For what reasons I don't know, but the whole activism stuff was bullshit.

And the casting couch is still alive, of course. Lol

^ Retarded people are not allowed to post here.

Lassie

r109 read over your list and the most discussed people on this thread. You'll see the differences. Mainly, your list are actors, those being discussed are "stars".

r121 Bob wanted to sell the company, cut his losses and move on. (It was getting expensive to finance Harvey's settlements, etc. because their heyday was over.) Harvey didn't. They fought bitterly, and next thing you know--all these stories are coming out. Then the company was sold. (Interestingly, no one chose to accuse or investigate Bob. We've had insiders here in the past who said he's just as bad or worse. IIRC, they didn't elaborate.) The smart reporters/editors who saw the writing on the wall started working on stories once his power started to wane. They wouldn't risk their own access/status otherwise. The feud accelerated that IMHO.

NOT saying that Harvey wasn't an abuser, but I believe his history is more complicated than #metoo portrays. Some took the deal happily, some relucantly, some not at all. Those who fucked him for parts reluctantly and/or willingly but their careers didn't pan out, claimed it was non-consensual after the fact.

In the end, the woke clout chasing did all industry abuse victims a disservice, because it obscured the high level root of the issue: the industry itself is a money laundering, criminal racket for VIPs & foreign "investors". Harvey became a convenient synecdoche that allowed the real evil to run for the yachts and get the fuck out of Dodge. Of course, most of them were already squared away-it was the mid-level 1% at risk of exposure. There's good reason why TPTB didn't let Bob Iger retire.

Liza.

But it didn't get her any.

Marisa Tomei?

Question mark because she did appear in a film back in 1986 called Playing for Keeps that Harvey co-directed with his brother Bob so I've always wondered. The film business is such a cesspool and I doubt there are very many actresses that did have to perform some service to someone to get a foot in the door.

Though Marisa already had As the World Turns on her resume as well as a small role in The Flamingo Kid (1984).

Don't count In the Bedroom (2001) - Harvey only acquired the film - he had nothing to do with its production.

[Quote] And the casting couch is still alive, of course. Lol

I'm always shocked whenever someone says that the casting couch is a thing of the past because Harvey's in jail. How can someone be so naive??

[Quote] (Interestingly, no one chose to accuse or investigate Bob. We've had insiders here in the past who said he's just as bad or worse. IIRC, they didn't elaborate.)

I thought that was sus too because i could have sworn that others have said Bob isn't much better.

Bradley Cooper, he loved the power play over other men.

Bradley Cooper had a gay porn star in his self produced American sniper, bet he loved having such power were having gay porn stars in your movies.

[quote] Women have been voluntarily selling their pussies in all kinds of contexts since the beginning of time.

If men weren’t always holding the purse strings and running the show, they wouldn’t have to.

I don’t know which actresses ducked Harvey for money. But I can tell you that as an actress I would have closed my eyes, thought of my future Oscar, and let Harvey do his thing.

[Quote]If men weren’t always holding the purse strings and running the show, they wouldn’t have to.

I'm not aware of any situation where a Hollywood actress "had to" sell her pussy to make ends meet.

You know what I’m getting at, r108. If women ran Hollywood, it would be less predatory and you fucking know it.

If the Taliban let women work when their husband dies, they wouldn’t have to sell their bodies.

If women weren’t under the thumb of men since the beginning of time, things would be different.

R133 It's still a choice. They are not being trafficked. They chose to engage in this illegal behavior.

How many men can work into virtually any business industry in the world and sell sex to get ahead?

Women are very unique in that regard - especially if she is young and pretty. Men and unattractive women are definitely at a disadvantage because of this.

If women are gonna trade sexual favors to advance themselves they cannot complain about the process if they make a bad "bargain."

*How many men can WALK into virtually any business industry in the world and sell sex to get ahead?

Harvey never sucked my cock.

r133

Bullshit.

[Quote]Bullshit.

R137 Well said!

R133 When I learned that most White women voted for Trump in 2016 (a well known and credibly accused rapist and misogynist) it became abundantly clear that women share in responsibility for the often exploitative male dominated patriarchy that they complain about.

Is it possible that hot male actors fuck female producers for roles?

R139 Sure, but it is more common for men to fuck male producers for roles... Hollywood has a lot of gay gay gay! lol

Audrey Tautou - she was everywhere for a minute and then gone.

off topic, but which industry is worse, hollywood or washington? i know that's a black and white question....

R140 I mentioned on here once that a straight older couple I know (both former actors who went into other showbiz jobs) swear that the casting couch is worse for men. Nobody believed me.

R141 I heard she refused to give it up to Weinstein and that's why her career never took off in the US. I think her only American movies were The Da Vinci Code.

R143 I've heard that too. Men have it really hard (no pun intended) because talent is not required for many male roles in Hollywood. It really comes down to whether or not they like you. How many stories have we read about men being exploited by gay directors and photographers? A lot! And keep in mind most stories we'll never know about because it is very humiliating for any man, especially a straight man to have to suck dick or more for a role.

A woman very familiar with the business told me that most hot young people on TV or in movies (male and female) had to sleep with someone. The business is so competitive that even if you are a big star you still may have to do it sometimes. She said that is also why a lot of them marry people in the industry so they will be understanding of what they need to do for their career. The casting couch is alive and well!

The best defense to the casting couch is having a GOOD and reputable agent. Although a lot of the decision makers in Hollywood are gay, many are bi too. A blond bimbo on her knees sucking dick is as good as having a stud down on his knees. It is a power play.

Even having a good agent is not foolproof though. You still may get propositioned. Casting decisions are very subjective which makes them ripe for abuse.

r127, of course, the casting couch is alive and well. It's just that Harvey Weinstein was the gatekeeper for the Oscars and the well-known price for entry was to suck off Harvey. It was an open secret that had clear parameters...the others generally have been transactions shrowded in flirting, friendships, "mentoring" and dating with no guarantees of a return.

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Are you kidding, R16?! She looks fucking evil, like a wicked stepmother.

Rubbish, I'm an ACTRESS!

Lana Del Rey. It was just actresses. At lest she had the balls to sing about it way before Ronan Farrow did with her song Cola which mentions Harvey - Harvey's in the Sky with diamonds and he's making me crazy. I remember reading somewhere that that Harvey's people were trying to make her change the lyrics to "Ah, he's in he sky," but she kept it the same. I think it had something to do with her signing the Big Eyes or the Great Gatsby songs. She mentions his wife knowing and not caring about what her husband does. And I guess his penchant was probably for performing oral sex. I can totally hear him saying your pussy tastes like Coca Cola. Pepsi just sounds more Americana.

My pussy tastes like Pepsi cola / My eyes are wide like cherry pies / I gots a taste for men who are older / It's always been so, it's no surprise / Harvey's in the sky with diamonds / And he's making me crazy (I come alive, alive) / All he wants to do is party with his pretty baby / Come on, baby, let's ride / We can escape to the great sunshine / I know your wife and she wouldn't mind / We made it out to the other side

^ It wasn't just actresses

I was always going to say Jennifer Lawrence must have threatened something or someone with something. She was the hardest hit when the "Fappening" happened. That silenced a lot of actresses. But she had like seventy pictures that just popped up. I was like thinking the "Fappening" happened just to say to actresses - you wanted this just as much as anyone else.

[quote] I cannot imagine any scenario involving sex and Weinstein where it was genuinely consensual - and that includes his marriages.

Psychotic cunt Asia Argento publicly claimed she had consensual sex with Harvey sometime after he raped her.

Terry Crews

all of this brings to me to what all went on with tom cruise and his rise from 18 year old nobody to starring in a major film at 21 to superstar at 25... with NO connections in the industry whatsoever, handsome? sure, in good shape, sure, but countless others better so, great actor? not so much...

can't think of anyone who had a faster ride to not only success but SUPER success that had the least going for him to do so...

yeah, i know the alleged geffen rumors, the alleged call boy in nyc and jr rumors, etc...

Brad Pitt had a pretty fast ride: He was a nobody with no industry connections when he came to LA in 1987 and got his breakout role in Thelma & Louise in 1991. Somebody must have helped him, and I doubt they helped him for free.

R155 didn't he sleep on someone's couch for months, like a pool boy type of thing?

Thom Racina is the man that Brad Pitt lived with.

[quote] I put up a little sign at Screen Actor’s Guild that said, “Needed: an actor to be a personal assistant. To walk the dog when he needed it. Drive the scripts to the studio...” This kid shows up. He’s cute, he’s full of energy and says, “I’m an actor,” which of course they all are in L.A. So I hired him. We became very close. He moved in with me, in the maid’s room. He had his own life, and yet we became good buddies.

What is Gabourey Sidibe doing nowadays?

All of them

R155... brad pitt had a bunch of work before "thelma & louise"... 19 projects to be exact including recurring roles on tv, soap operas and in films...And even in thelma & louise" his character was strictly a supporting role...

cruise had EXACTLY 4 credits before being THEE star of "risky business".... and those credits? barely more than a extra in "endless love"... a supporting character in "losing it", "taps" and "the outsiders"...and once risky business became a success he was the lead in every film thereafter until becoming a superstar with top gun... nobody to world's biggest star in 6 years??...

basically I can't think of any actor male or female who would even have a powerful enough agent to even have their client (cruise) BE SEEN to audition, be in talks to star in a motion picture with such a empty flimsy resume and experience...

99.9% of the actor/actress population after 3 years in the business are lucky if they get a commercial or a industrial film, especially when they DO NOT Come from money or connections in the biz..

Betty White and Cloris Leachman

IIRC, Jennifer Lawrence backed out of some projects when she hit it big and that’s when all her pics were released. They clearly were taken by Harvey and other men she slept with for parts.

Could all the fappening pics have come from Harvey Weinstein? From his hard drive? Is that what is being implied here?

LOL, they were probably taken for her boyfriend. Stop making shit up

Wasn't Alicia Vikander the poor unfortunate who was Harvey's Girl at the very moment the shit hit the fan?

R2 Which makes it even more rich Olivia acting peak moral authority now.

They were taken for her boyfriend? By a pornographer?

I love Zendaya, but she was ABSOLUTELY one of Harvey’s girls right before he imploded.

She did dancing with the stars, then got Greatest Showman and Spider-Man had a huge machine behind her positioning her as a big star. She was photographed with him all the time.

He crashed and burned but the infrastructure was already in place and she went to the moon.

[quote] Wasn't Alicia Vikander the poor unfortunate who was Harvey's Girl at the very moment the shit hit the fan?

If you're talking about quid pro quo, consensual sex, then BS on the "poor unfortunate."

He may have fucked for roles, but Brad Pitt had a normal trajectory (extra work, minor roles in small films followed by big roles in small films, some TV) before getting Thelma and Louise, which as others have pointed out, wasn't even a starring role.

I’m just worried about the actresses still showing up to his jail cell to take meetings, they’re really getting fucked.

Mary Wickes

I thought the rumor is Brad Pitt got the Thelma And Louise part because he hooked up with Geena Davis.

I would believe Paltrow didn’t have to fuck Weinstein based on her family connections if not for her (ridiculous) story about how she sent Brad Pitt to threaten him. If anything, Brad would probably offer Weinstein to suck him off for an Oscar.

[Quote] I'm just amazed at how much emotion people have invested in these shitty TV shows.

The shows weren't shitty.

[Quote] It's crazy that a few years ago Scar Jo was proclaiming she would only commit to a Black Widow movie if Joss was involved, bet those feelings faded pretty quickly after 2015.

She mentioned Joss in an interview pretty recently and it was positive. ScarJo is like teflon, she's never getting cancelled.

[Quote] LOL, they were probably taken for her boyfriend. Stop making shit up

That's what JLaw claims. I don't know what the pornographer anon is talking about.

Not DL Fave Charlotte Kirk

An insecure egomaniac like Weinstein wouldn't pass on the chance to have sex with Hollywood "royalty" like Gwyneth Paltrow. They get off on the premise of getting away with everything and push the benchmark higher and higher.

I love the show and I love Heidi Klum, but if you watch the first season of Project Runway, she's not very good at her hosting gig yet. So, it's interesting to know how Heidi convinced Harvey to take a chance on her in the first place (and keep her hosting gig) since he was the producer of the show.

Zendaya.....definitely. She was at Harvey’s table at several of the award ceremonies shortly before everything went down with him. She was also wearing Marchesa (his wife’s designs). I knew she was “in” with Harvey when observing this. She escaped the fallout by the hair of her chiny chin chin.

Heidi Klum is a good guess, R177. One that doesn't Come to mind immediately, but had connections with Weinstein also.

I think there was a lot more complexity in the “Harvey trade off” than is being portrayed here. A lot of actresses wore Marchesa to curry favor with Harvey, it’s less a signal that someone was sleeping with Harvey than the opposite (maybe a way of avoiding other, worse favors). Zendaya would have been very young at the time.

As for Goop, it’s like some of you don’t remember the 90s…she wasn’t just being pushed by Harvey, she was being pushed by EVERYONE, she was a true “It Girl.” Like Winona (and Ethan Hawke!). The reason the Gretchen Mol situation stuck out so much as odd is because Harvey (or someone) tried to engineer something similar for her but unlike with Goop, there wasn’t a consumer demand for Gretchen.

Brad was probably passed around. Broke, Pretty and Hungry in Hollywood = Vulnerable.

I refuse to believe something did not happen between him and the guy who moved him into his home.

[quote] A lot of actresses wore Marchesa to curry favor with Harvey

Hmmm. Maybe, but not always.

One of the actresses complained that they were “forced” to wear Marchesa. This was an actual actress. Not a wannabe star.

[quote] Zendaya would have been very young at the time.

When did age ever stop anyone from doing anything unsavory in Hollywood? (Disney, anyone?)

Ann Dowd

Margot Martindale

Judy Davis

Isabelle Huppert

Niecy Nash

Jacob Tremblay

Minka Kelly admitted that Weinstein pursued her in her prime. He apparently offered her "girlfriend status" since she's not exactly an Oscar contender. This included private jets, vacations, designer clothes and probably some B-list movie roles or TV work. Not sure about the timing, but she probably had better options at the time and moved on and dated Derek Jeter instead.

If an actress worked on a Weinstein project, she was pushed to wear Marchesa. And at the end of the day, it wasn't a big enough issue to make a fuss about it.

R27 Speaking of Judi Dench (I a do believe she as least sucked off Harvey) there are rumours that she had a 'I Love Harvey' tattoo on her old saggy backside.

I'd believe it too. Until Mrs. Brown (which Harvey didn't produce but did distribute) she was barely known outside of the UK and then mainly for her stage and TV work.

Harvey turned her into a bona-fide movie star after the success of Mrs. Brown.

Cate Blanchett ?- did she make films for Harvey early in the career. I mean look at her fugly husband Andrew Upton, she clearly isn't fussy.

[quote] Emma and Sliding Doors were both produced by Weinstein. He also had a lot of influence over who made those Vanity Fair covers

People positing Paltrow solely as a Weinstein creation either weren’t there at the time or are missing the point. The fact remains she wasn’t “nothing” until Shakespeare In Love. Her breakout role was Flesh and Bone with Meg Ryan and she was known as a “young actress with great potential” until Seven and most importantly her romance with Pitt made her a name. She was EVERYWHERE at that point in the 90s - magazine covers, fashion shows, premieres. She bragged about her Tony winning mom, Uncle Morty Spielberg and cultivated herself as a latter day Grace Kelly. She worked with then-hot directors. She sold covers and and was worth a lot in PR terms because even if a lot of it was hate watching, the public accepted her as a celebrity.

Gretchen Mol was the opposite. There were daily hate threads on Paltrow on AGC, whereas Mol was a total WTF. Two minor girlfriend roles in Celebrity and Rounders got her a solo Vanity Fair cover and it was so weird because although she has now has a decades long career as a working actress she was so obviously a minor figure that people figured she HAD to be fucking Weinstein.

[Quote] Could all the fappening pics have come from Harvey Weinstein? From his hard drive? Is that what is being implied here?

I can't really see Harvey being interested in actresses like Victoria Justice or seeing Katie Cassidy blow a guy in her BC costume.

Did he make a move on Miley or Hillary?

Can you imagine being the lovely Georgina Chapman under that fat tub of goo when his sweaty ass cums? Hope it was worth the short stint on Project Runway and knowing your husband was making your frock business successful. What a load of shit.

R189. I am not a Harvey fan, but that visual you painted is oddly hot!

[Quote] Is it possible that hot male actors fuck female producers for roles?

Not at all.

The focus on Gwyneth Paltrow on this thread is way over the top because it has overshadowed the one obvious name barely mentioned - MICHELLE WILLIAMS

R192 She didn’t want to wait for her life to be over.

Harvery's clearly a giver! If he gave you a role then he also gave you his jizz; package "deal."

So, is Heath Ledger’s torment and death linked to discovering his baby mama was ruined by Harvey?

“*How many men can WALK into virtually any business industry in the world and sell sex to get ahead?”

Men don’t have to “sell sex” to get ahead. They get things handed to them by virtue of being male. In the film business you rarely see an untried and inexperienced female director getting to direct a big budget movie. Men? All the time. It’s like that in virtually every business. And quit acting like women have it easy because “they can sell their pussy.”

Don’t gay men have it easy because they can sell their ass and many do?

R196 Let's be very clear, Black, Latino and Asian men don't get things handed to them. WHITE do, but they still have to sometimes compete with other WHITE men. Nobody can compete with a pussy if the decision maker wants it. Having a pussy can be a massive advantage. Most of us have seen it first hand many times. So don't pretend that a woman can't shut out all competition by batting her eyes and lifting her skirt. And let's not pretend that does not routinely happen.

And FYI most gays are not soliciting for ass. They want dick. A man giving up dick to get ahead is not the same as a woman giving up pussy. It is not the same physically, emotionally or socially. And to be sure, it is far less likely that a man is going to be put in that position.

Don't pretend that is a fair analogy. It's not. Nor does it negate my point.

Nobody is safe when insecure people in power want to play petty (mind) games with their prey. Weinstein, as bad of a jerk he is, at least followed through with his promises (probably because of bragging rights ... "I fucked her, and she got an award, or several awards, out of it!").

The truth is that people in power are usually not very nice people. They rather cut throats than help an old lady to cross the street.

[quote] A man giving up dick to get ahead is not the same as a woman giving up pussy. It is not the same physically, emotionally or socially. And to be sure, it is far less likely that a man is going to be put in that position.

It's the same. Casting Couch, sexual assault, etc. None of these acts specify the sex of predator and prey. And the "less likely" argument doesn't matter, because it is often used to diminish or dismiss one group's pain in order to elevate some other group's pain, aka inferior vs. superior. One could even argue that women have a better and more understanding support system when sharing being raped than men, who are supposed to be perceived as strong and not as emasculated victims. It is hard for BOTH men and women to come to terms of being raped or taken advantage of. Just because you thought you were willing to pay the price and play the game, doesn't mean that later you have regrets. Sure, you have to take some responsiblity for going along, but that shouldn't put the predator off the hook for setting the trap (aka the game) in the first place. Ideally, if nobody plays the game, the predators have nobody to play with and their power is diminished (what's the point of power if you can't have fun with it?).

Jessica Chastain

I think it wasn't optional. Rather name who didn't and ended up doing no movie for him. It's amazing how the system works. I'm sure many considered speaking up but if they did they would only have been disparaged as yesterday's jealous bitches by the press and the belle du jour. Not even other studios would probably have touched them as they would be classified as difficult to work with - like everyone with actual demands or standards.

[Quote]One could even argue that women have a better and more understanding support system when sharing being raped than men..."

R198 WHOA! Nobody is talking about RAPE! Learn to follow a conversation before you start quoting people out of context.

We were having a conversation about "The casting couch" and the Quid pro Quo in business agreements.

My point is that it is a false equivalency to say that in most casting situations that a man has the same opportunity use his dick in the same way a woman can use her pussy to close the deal. He doesn't.

[quote] My point is that it is a false equivalency to say that in most casting situations that a man has the same opportunity use his dick in the same way a woman can use her pussy to close the deal. He doesn't.

Well, sure. Reduce it all to numbers and statistics. I'm sure people will take great comfort in that.

R202 Yeah sure play crazy and try to distort the point I am making since you can't refute it.

Starlet Nancy Davis Reagan

I agree with r197. Women, when it comes to using sex to advance your career or your life in general, have tons more options than men. I am not sure what world women think men are living in that things just got handed to them. I wish I could fuck someone to get rich, get pregnant, get a career, be set for life - that's a ton easier than working for it. And working for it doesn't feel that great that is worth all the trouble vs. fucking someone if the opportunity arises. Guys have no means to trap anyone into a lifestyle. If that were the case, Bryan Singer would be putting hot sauce in his used condoms. And as someone said above, if I worked my entire life and all I wanted to do is be famous and be a star and fucking Harvey Weinstein was the only thing in my way, I'd be waiting ass up.

Gretchen Mol is better-looking than G. Paltrow, IMO. I saw GM on Boardwalk Empire and I think she's a decent actress.

Minka Kelly looks a lot like Georgina Chapman, HW's wife.

Heidi Klum, Project Runway: good catch! That was kind of random-seeming. (I was a huge fan of early Project Runway.)

I just hate women. You too DL?

And all the "ladies" at FOX News Had to fuck this dreamboat!

That's a whole new can of worms, R208!

FFS in what universe would Meryl Streep have to fuck Harvey for a role? She was an established star before he even came into power. And in what universe would he even want to fuck her? She most assuredly was the farthest thing from his type possible.

Meryl's a lot older than the women (actresses, models) we're discussing here. She had some clout as an actress, already, before the reign of Harvey, probably. She may have been on the casting couch for someone before Harvey, though. Who knows.

Disingenuous for Meryl to say that she knew nothing about Harvey being a kingmaker for actresses & being sexually violent with some.

Many of JLaw nudes were taken by someone else in the room. They seem like casting shots not selfies.

Meryl told a story on a late night talk show about Dino de Laurentiis refusing to cast her because he thought she was ugly. She went for some audition with him and he started shit-talking her to others -- in Italian. He didn't know that she spoke/understood the language and she made some kind of retort.

I'm sure Meryl was on the casting couch at one point or another.

R199 Jessica Chastain as thirsty as she was/is never slept with Harvey.

She never made any films for Harvey and pleaded with the producers of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby to not sell the rights of the film to hime. They did anyway, and then he dumped the film.

I don't care for Chastain but no way did she ever provide Harvey with any services.

But who are the actresses that fucked Herve Villachaize for parts?

R212 I noticed that too.

R213.. meryl was talking about the casting for "the girl" in the king kong re-make.. rightfully jessica lange got the role....

Isn't Jess Chastain lez?

If Chastain fucked anyone, it was Megan Ellison.

Chastain got naked fer and may have given her hooha! to Pacino in Salome...

Jessica Chastain was tremendous in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. She deserves an oscar.

Jessica probably put out for King Kong.

Meryl came straight from Yale to working with Jane Fonda and DeNiro. She is the only A-list actress I can think of that has never had to have sex for a part.

R222, she was Fredo's girl. She was protected.

IIRC Olivia Wilde didn't fuck Harvey, just introduced him to her hot younger female friends. But then I think Olivia Wilde is a big ole dyke.

R224 nah i think Olivia is bi.

R213 Of course Meryl was on that fucking couch. It is not a new phenomena. In fact it was a lot more blatant back in the day before the labor laws and customs on this shit were a lot more sketchy!

^^^^^ back in the day *when* the labor laws and customs were a lot more sketchy

We didn't know anything!

Never heard a bad word about Harvey. A real gentlemen.

Yeah, if you were over 40 and already had an Oscar!

Anyone voluntarily fucking Harvey W. for whatever motive, is super nasty. He's repulsive.

Wouldn't it be a shorter list to identify actresses we think did NOT have sex with Weinstein for roles?

[quote] She never made any films for Harvey and pleaded with the producers of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby to not sell the rights of the film to hime

SHE’S a producer of Eleanor Rigby.

Several centuries ago I had a gay PT who was friends with Brad and had roomed with him when Brad was an unknown. PT was totally out and told me Brad was not gay at all but very cool with gay people and liked to light up his own farts for kicks. For what it's worth.

R233 what is a PT?

Personal trainer.

Pre-Weinstein, I swear all of the actresses on Dallas (except for Barbara Belle Geddes) had to have worn out some casting couch to get their jobs: Victoria Principal, Charlene Tilton, Linda Gray?

Lol how can you forget the Landers sisters lol.

Cloris Leachman

Betty White

Doris Roberts

Katherine Hellman

Judith Light

Bette Midler

Marsha Warfield

Lindsay Lohan was willing, but even Harvey was afraid of where her fire crotch had been.

Neve Campbell

Sarah Michelle Geller

Anne Hathaway (grossly overrated)

Salma Hayek

Helen Mirren

Kristen Stewart

Penelope Cruz!

Somebody made THAT shit happen!

How did that happen?

R240 I did. Not that Harvey person.

R239 SMG??? 😯

R240 SMG is a part of the Miramax family and her rise to fame (in a lot of choice roles) was pretty swift. She doesn't have an Oscar but she got a helluva a lot of awards in a relatively short period of time. If not Harvey, somebody over there fucked her.

Penelope Cruz became a star at 16 in Almodovar films, idiot.

R244 HAHAHAHA! You talking about those Spanish films? LOL That is a different market sweetie! We are talking about her career here and now and how it may relate to Harvey Weinstein! I invite you to look back at the title of the thread.

Seems the "idiot" is YOU! HAHAHAHAHA

R174 Ha! Yes

Brad got sucked and/or sucked somebody off (including the guy he lived with). He went to Hollywood with no connections and no resume.

Geri Jewell

Constance Bennett

Flo, from Progressive.

R16 Nah, she just looks uppity and smug.

R239 Definitely Neve Campbell. According to the book Down and Dirty Pictures, Weinstein forced the director of 54 to cast her, and I find it hard to believe that he would push an actress so hard unless she slept with him.

R168 Zendaya looks like a teenager. Not enough woman for me to take her seriously. But then again, Im an Old.

This may be a stupid question, but don’t some actors get cast because they have something special? I’m no expert, but I thought Brad Pitt was noticeably good in 12 Monkeys (I admit, I know nothing. But he stood out to me. Maybe that’s a bad thing).

Salma Hayek might not be everyone’s type, but she’s gorgeous with a figure that’s as ridiculous curvy and sexy as possibly without going into deformed Kardashian territory. That isn’t common.

Those tall brothers from Australia - that combination of height + good proportions and no awkwardness + good face + not ridiculously poor acting isn’t all that common, is it?

Alec Baldwin seems like a buffoon (and an asshole) in real life, but he pulled off Jack Donaghy awfully well. Even if someone isn’t a great actor, isn’t it possible they are perfect for a particular role?

I watched 15 minutes of Blue Lagoon recently and Brooke Shields was unbelievably bad. Obvious even to me. So if someone looked like her and could act reasonably well, would they have a realistic shot at getting cast (let’s assume that look is still in demand, I don’t know if it is)?

R254 there are A LOT of people who are good looking and can act reasonably well. I went to NYU with several of them. Definitely more talented, better looking and educated than say a Jennifer Lawrence. So the question then becomes why exactly this particular crop of good looking and talented people. A willingness to trade sexual favors for a part helps. The talent for sleeping with the right person at the right time helps. Im sure Madonna traded sex for mere studio time in the beginning. I bet you you could easily find 50 unknown actresses now in Hollywood who’d sleep with Harvey Weinstein in his jail cell if it guaranteed them a shot at a movie career.

I'm sure Harvey is getting lots of action in his jail cell...

R255, I can easily believe you know dozens of people at least as good looking and more talented than Jennifer Lawrence (and I have nothing against her). But more talented AND more good looking than Salma Hayek or a young Brooke Shields? My questions isn’t, “Don’t all stars deserve their success?” It’s, “aren’t some people unusual enough that it’s believable that their sucess isn’t due to luck (or blowing someone)?”

There are many more good-looking and talented people than there are roles for them. To make it, you have to be lucky, well-connected, and relentless. If you aren't born with those connections you have to make them, and that's where the luck and relentlessness come in.

You people are delusional. Ofcourse all the famous actresses who starred in Weinstein movies had sex with him.

Ofcourse for every staring role there numerous others who slept with Weinstein and did not get the part.

More on how the casting couch is worst for men, please. Potential juice here. The Goslings and Hemsworth slept their way to the top?

[quote]How many men can work into virtually any business industry in the world and sell sex to get ahead?

Men don't have to r134 you dumb ass they run the industries so are already present and the majority in every industry you can name. The few women who are fortunate enough to get a chance often face the choice to advance by giving up the pussy. You are a gay man so I'm guessing you'd be fine giving up your ass in order to advance in your career. Men get ahead through the friendships they make with other men while at work and through golfing, skiing, drinking, hunting etc. spending some free time engaging in shared interests.

Women only decide to fuck for advancement because they do not have to option of being buddies with the men who hand out the promotions.

[Quote] He went to Hollywood with no connections and no resume.

A tale as old as time.

I don't think Salma fucked Harvey. One who hasn't been mentioned who probably did was Freida Pinto. He distributed her crappy Oscarbait movie Miral.

R260 you are a fucking fool! Young men out of school don't RUN any industries dumbass unless their daddies give it to them. And there aint enough daddies out there that own an industry by themselves... and if they do they are not stupid enough to hand the reins over billion dollar industries over to 22 year old kids just out of school. so cut the hyperbole!

Women don't have to give up pussy! You immoral jackass! What is this the 1930s when you were in diapers? LOL The world has moved on. You sound like a misogynistic neanderthal moron! Lots of women have positions that they didn't have to sleep to get. ALL MEN aren't looking to take advantage of someone who just wants to work. What kinda creep are you? I am specifically talking about a handful of women willing to use their pussy to get ahead and the men who are more than willing to take them up on the offer.

There will always be rich white men who are connected who can rise to the top based on their connections and will always be taken care of, but what about everyone else? What about the White men who are not rich and connected, minority men, or women who chose not to spread their legs. If the slut comes in and the boss wants her then nobody's job or career path is safe. Rich connected White men will still land on their feet because society takes care of them. But the slut fucks it up for everyone else. And what she is doing, men CAN'T do. Sex from men is usually not a commodity someone is interested in receiving in exchange for a rung up the ladder.

Stop pretending that women have to be whores. They don't. And stop pretending that women who are willing to spread their legs don't have an advantage other people don't have. You sound like an idiot!

[quote] Men don't have to [R134] you dumb ass they run the industries so are already present and the majority in every industry you can name.

Casting Couch isn't about the sex most of the time. It's about humiliation and asserting power. You think those homoerotic hazing rituals in fraternities are about sex only, too? It's about establishing how desperate you are to get ahead / join the inner circle. It's about recording you at your lowest and the knowledge, the leaders can use it when you break the sacred rules.

Why do so many successful people look miserable all the time? They know what they had to do, and it spoils every single victory for them.

In regards to looks and talent, while they may not have the talent or want to be in the acting world, don't we all know and regularly see both men and women who are DROP DEAD GORGEOUS when we are out and about that would make the so called hollywood great looking, sexy, hot actors/actresses shoved down our throat look like meh!.....

r265, sometimes that's because "too sexy" can be too threatening to some audience members. They rather want to see "normal" guys like themselves on the big, or TV, screen. A relatability issue, if you will. And, at the end, it's all about the hype anyway. If some industry people believe you can make them a lot of money, they push you hard to the consumer.

[Quote] Definitely Neve Campbell. According to the book Down and Dirty Pictures, Weinstein forced the director of 54 to cast her, and I find it hard to believe that he would push an actress so hard unless she slept with him.

I wonder if she was the actress Skeet was referring to when MeToo took off.

Harvey needs to write one of those OJ type memoirs, If I Did It.

R268 don't give him any ideas.

He was a pig. But on the other hand, you could say that he was very generous because how many times did they need to really fuck him? I bet very few.

Me! Except it was for a baker's dozen of hot dinner rolls.

R265, being gorgeous isn’t enough. The camera has to like you. Some people don’t photograph well or their appeal just doesn’t translate to the screen.

My partner was an actor when he was in his early 20s and was offered a recurring role in a series by a casting director, a respectable looking middle-aged woman. She laid her cards on the table and told him that he could have the part if he fucked her. He did— and he got the part. He laughs about it now especially since the woman went on to have a successful career at the BBC. It’s a sleazy business.

Meryl did not have to do casting couch at the beginning of her career. As stated upthread she came straight out of Yale into the big leagues, getting lead Broadway roles and then Julia and The Deer Hunter, the latter partly gained via her relationship with John Cazale. From there came Kramer vs Kramer, The French Lieutenant's Woman and it was up from there.

It was in the middle of her Hollywood phase that she began a low key, quasi-sexual muse role with many of her leading men. De Niro, Redford, Nicholson and Eastwood all enjoyed her favors while filming. And while this didn't directly affect her casting (she was already the most decorated actress of her generation and beyond auditioning), it gave her a certain aura in A-list male power circles and definitely aided a cementing of her status there.

I always look at it this way - the popularity of a leading man or leading woman is based a lot on how fuckable they are, how many people want to fuck them. That is actually something a producer or casting director will say about someone - No one will want to fuck them. So as an actor, you are trading on your sex appeal, your looks, are already a currency. So trading that in for a part really isn't that big of a stretch. It's different than any other working environment. How many people's jobs are getting paid to simulate sex with another person so millions of people can see it? Actors are often naked on sets for this reason or that reason. Your body is a commodity, just as much as your talent. Fucking someone for a part isn't taboo and is very common.

Completely random, but kind of related to what I said above. I always wonder how awkward it is as an actor to do sex scenes with someone who is a friend, someone you know. Can you imagine you're a leading man and some young ingenue gets cast as your love interest who is actually the daughter of family friend, like you remember when she was born and have watched her grow up. Wasn't that some Gwenyth Paltrow, Michael Douglas thing? That's why it pops in my head. Like you have to simulate sex with this actress you basically consider your daughter. Or like on Friends, after several seasons you all become a close family. You holiday together, everyone is closely knit. Then out of nowhere the storyline is you fall madly in love with your coworker and all of a sudden you're making out and doing bed scenes with them. I am thinking Monica and Chandler, Perry and Cox. They has formed a friendship and all of a sudden they are lovers. I know it's their job, I just can't imagine how awkward it must be.

Very few straight men in show biz are going to have a hard time pretending to fuck a friend's grown daughter who is now an actress.

No on Jennifer Lawrence. He threw her name out there to get in another girl’s pants. Jennifer was already a star and didn’t need him.

R272 so you're partner is s4p?

[quote] Salma Hayek might not be everyone’s type, but she’s gorgeous with a figure that’s as ridiculous curvy and sexy as possibly without going into deformed Kardashian territory

She is in Kardaashian territory. She looks very small and dumpy with huge fake tits.

[quote] being gorgeous isn’t enough. The camera has to like you. Some people don’t photograph well or their appeal just doesn’t translate to the screen

Exactly. Take Tom Cruise and this isn’t about his looks. Not a “great” actor by most standards but the camera loves him. There is a reason he was cast in The Color of Money and not Rob Lowe or Sean Penn or his working contemporaries of the day. Martin Scorsese knew he put put him on screen with Paul Newman and not fade into the scenery. And in Magnolia, he is largely paired with 2 superb screen actors, Jason Robards and Philip Seymour Hoffman. But he holds his own and owns the scenes, even though what he “does” is more laboured.

Then compare Morgan Spector, or Tom Hiddleston. Highly trained. Hard working. Technically good looking. Polished to the nth degree. . Gorgeous in Spector’s case. But audiences don’t really care

R274 I don't think any of that would be awkward at all. Actors have often said that it is easier to make out and do love scenes with an actor they know. Studios often encourage them to hang out together to get comfortable with each other. Their job is to make it look real, not to actually do it. On the day of the shooting, they have a director in their ear and are surrounded by lighting, sound, cameras and other crew. It's not sexy.

They could spend hours or even days laying in bed together trying to get the shot. Do dicks get hard and pussies get wet sometimes? Of course, but most of the time I suspect it is business as usual. Regardless of who they are in bed with, at the end of the day, It's a job.

well R280, I was specifically talking about actors who are familial to each other BEFORE they even get cast in a film together. I understand the process of two actors getting comfortable with each other before filming starts so they seem more natural on screen. I am talking about an actress who attended your daughter's 12th birthday party, whose parents are your peers and whom you watched grow up into a woman. And then next thing you're both cast in a film and you have her knees pressed into the headboard while you're stuffing your tongue down her throat.

Some auditions have actors audition together to check if they have chemistry together. It's great when the guys know each other beforehand, but most of the time that chemistry has to happen within minutes of meeting each other.

You all are missing the point. I am just wondering if it is awkward to have to have sexual chemistry with someone you've known since they were a child. That is my point. Like when Gwyneth Paltrow, 26 at the time played Michael Douglas's wife who was 54 at the time. I believe he had known her since she was a young teen.

R266... true... heck, back in the day on soap operas EVERYONE had to be drop dead gorgeous, now not so much....ANd of course similar to hollywood in past decades...

R281 /283 I totally got your point. That is why it is called "acting." Those people feel all kinds of ways about the people they do scenes with - from lovers to loathing each other and all feelings in between. It is not like a regular job. The "peer" parents may even be on the set, but they know the deal. Hollywood is a small town. If you are a well established actor then of course you probably know a lot of people off screen that you are paired with on screen. It is a job.

Good point R282, Even if you are a big star you often still do have to audition for a role. People in that position probably even have some say in who will be the costar.

At the end of the day, this is a business. If two actors can't (or don't want to) work together, there are 100 more ready willing and able to step in.

I understand r285. It's just that there are so many gray areas when talking about sexual harassment in an industry like hollywood. An industry whose currency is sex. And industry where one's sex appeal and fuckability are favorable traits. And industry where people knowingly and willingly trade sex for jobs. And industry that would have "fathers" mock fucking "daughters" on screen. How do you even begin to broach sexual harassment in an affective way? As it stands now, the ones most vocal about it, besides the obvious abuses of Weinstein, are the ones who didn't get the career they hoped for out it and this is their way for some modicum of celebrity. At least that is what their arguments can be reduced to, because the industry is in such a shady, gray area.

Mario Puzo, who knew something about the industry, said the following in The Last Don: "There is no such thing as sexual harassment in the movie business. You offer your ass for sale just by going into it."

Little Madeline Schizas coming through

shit, wrong thread

I remember seeing a photo of Salma doing yoga on the lap of some rich Arab guy while on a yacht, that photo seems to have disappeared. She is a truly terrible actress and her accent doesn’t seem to have gotten better over the years. I’m pretty sure she put out to get where she is today.

I like Salma and she's a very light actress but amusing enough. She's fun to look at and I don't begrudge her her billions. She was born rich, you know, from a family with old money.

R283, they are all narcissistic prostitutes. They are not normal people. They do not have normal, healthy morals, ethics or hang ups. They consider themselves "artists" or "libertines". Actors are people who decided that they were so desirable and interesting, they owe it to the WORLD to put themselves on a gigantic screen for someone PAY to watch them talk- just imagine the amount of narcissism that takes? They are lucky they are allowed to be buried in actual graves in this and the last century.

^Mary.

Thank you, Margaret White, for your insightful comments.

Mary me all you want. At least models are discovered and politicians went to college.

Politians are ugly actors who are the real whores. Acting on the world stage with their shit, fake outrage. They steal OUR money. Corruption is rampant in conservative politicians. Pull your head out of your ass.

[Quote]they are all narcissistic prostitutes.

R293 WHOA! Did some actor turn you down for a date? That is pretty extreme. Actors just want to act. If anyone is narcissistic it is the producers and directors who put them on stages and screens. THEY are the ones saying these people are desirable and worthy of presentation.

And what is this praise for politicians? At least actors do work for their money. They don't steal it from everyday people like GQP politicians.

How dare you all disparage Politians! Now where are the child whores I can drug and sell, to my constituents on the floor of The House of Representatives!

Ok you're all morons. "At least politicians went to college" ... because they are also narcissistic prostitutes, with good educations. I hate Datalounge actor threads. You boys are so pretty, but so dumb.

Madison Crawford didn’t even make it through one year at a Christian Bible Camp College, he is no ideal to have held up, he can’t even stand on his own.

Madison Cawthorn is the patron saint of date rape!

It would've been amazing if Georgina chapman told all. I do believe harvey is a rapist but I do believe some were mutual casting couch situations.

Georgina got cancelled and became the outcast when it seem like these actresses did worse (I.e Olivia procuring women) these actresses would've been worse than her. Gold digging is the least of all sins in Hollywood. Who wouldn't use their connections to get a business off ground. I highly doubt the celebs acted like it was the worst thing that ever happened was to wear a dress.

I'm sure georgina was totally controlled and bullied by him too.

r303, she looked the other way while Harvey pushed himself on unwilling starlets and actresses who got their careers destroyed if they rejected him. Maybe out of fear or maybe to hold on to the cash, the power, and the influence that came with being married to Harvey.

R303 Harvey took it too far which is why he is in jail now but of course some of the women he slept with was consensual. Harvey's casting couch was an open "secret" in Hollywood. They joked about it at awards shows.

If Harvey said he could make me a star I woulda slept with him too.

.... I would need several gallons of lysol to remove all traces of him afterwards and probably years of therapy... but I would do it!

Harvey is great man. He got the movies made and made some pussy on the side. You've never seen so much pussy. Pussy like you've never seen before. I don't get why everyone's criticizing Harvey. He moved on them like a bitch. He's just automatically attracted to beautiful women. He just starts kissing them. Like a magnet. He didn't wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.

[quote] I'm sure georgina was totally controlled and bullied by him too.

He bent over backwards to keep her happy, using whatever means necessary. Either she was aware or she just didn't give a damn.

Dame Maggie Smith

Georgina and Harvey had a contractural marriage - each using the other. Georgina didn't give a shit Harvey fucked actresses and Georgina didn't give a shit what the actresses felt about it - the ones who took the deal, the ones who got raped. None of them. She fucked that pig and got what she wanted.

I thought some of the rumors were that his wife participated in three ways with him.

Dame Joan Collins

Faith Ford

Why would Harvey be generous to Jennifer without sex? Dream on

Salma Hayek was indeed gorgeous at one time but she is not talented in any way shape or form. That's ridiculous. And Jennifer Lawrence is a very good actor. If you don't see that you're stupid. She's not some master thespian but like her predecessor Julia Roberts she can act and has a unique way about her that makes her a star.

Knowing about affairs is one thing. Knowing he's a rapist is another .

I wonder how many side pieces Georgina had and how many were famous? She is a beautiful woman.

She is a good actress r314. She is not a very good actress. I have never her seen her disappear into a role. I always see Jennifer Lawrence doing a good job. I finally saw that Julia could act in Closer. I have yet to see that for Jenny. She should chose more interesting roles instead of big studio star vehicles.

Georgina should text Camille "When she wakes up Bill, you need to get her the fuck outta here" Cosby for advice.

For instance R314, compare Michelle Williams to a Jennifer Lawrence. Both similar types when it comes to Hollywood. Both models for top fashion brands. Jennifer, at this point in her career, could never pull off a Brokeback Mountain or a My Week with Marilyn - which Michelle did at the same age that Jennifer is now. Jennifer always has to be either pretty, goofy or triumphant. She doesn't allow herself to be ugly, disliked as a character. And if she brooches that in any way in a performance, there is always a moment of apology where she has to come across as flawed but lovable.

Yes, but I can't see Williams playing Mystique or Katniss, either.

Characters Mystique and Katniss do not a VERY good actor make. They sound like dancer names at a strip club in Tampa. I really don't think they take that much depth to play.

R319 I didn't find her character in SLP to be very likable.

I’m watching August: Osage County, and bouncing around the Wikipedia page I stumbled upon this strange and twisted chain of events.

Yeah, poor Misty Upham. Hollywood did not treat her well. She had a very tragic death too.

[Quote]She is a good actress [R314]. She is not a very good actress. I have never her seen her disappear into a role. I always see Jennifer Lawrence doing a good job.

[Quote]Jennifer always has to be either pretty, goofy or triumphant. She doesn't allow herself to be ugly, disliked as a character.

Sorry, but you guys have obviously never seen Winter's Bone. JLaw was simply amazing in that movie and should have won an Oscar for that role. She played a teenager from a white trash family desperately searching for her (deceased) father to save her siblings and family home. Maybe you guys should watch some of her earlier movies and not just the Hollywood crap they offered her after Winter's Bone.

I saw Winter's Bone, r325. That was the first film I saw of hers. Looking back at her career, I am not sure how much of that was her and how much of that was the direction, cinema photography and Melissa Leo. There was a lot of blank moody starring off past the camera with a few jolts of decent acting - very similar to the affects that made Gabourey Sidibe's performance in Precious seem like she was the next Merly Streep.

Melissa Leo?? Are you confusing Winter's Bone with Frozen River or creating a mash up?

Maybe just confusing Dale Dickey with Melissa Leo.

JLaw is better than Renée. Chastain didn’t fuck Harvey, she would have told lol.

R329 I wouldn't go that far. Renee has the better career.

Renee is a triple threat!

Renee was actually really good in Judy.

Nancy Reagan blew a young Harvey.

Eddie Izzard

R330 Jesus, are you kidding? Didn’t she do a Christian film and had to take a year break because she couldn’t get arrested? And where’s the Judy follow up? I believe it’s a NETWORk TV movie!

Wait, renee took 6 yrs off! And came back with sum bullshit no one saw, a cameo in a SJP film!!! (No one saw) and was in the slammed Netflix miniseries what/if. Good career my ass. Weird she came in and got a Judy Oscar. It was like “wait.. who is she?”

Ricky Gervais cuts to the chase.

Olivia Wilde is one of the ones I can believe. There's that pre-MeToo Vulture/Gawker story about the model who was offered a threesome with Harvey and Olivia at the 2011 Toronto film festival.

Plus, Olivia told a story about working for famous casting director Mali Finn very early in her career. She said Finn told her that she would have to be sexier if she wanted to make it in Hollywood. She said she couldn't believe this bit of advice came out the mouth of a feminist. According to Olivia, it took her 10 years to truly understand what she meant. Which was around the time she starred in the Harvey Weinstein produced movie "Butter.." Look up articles and videos with being them super close at the 2011 Toronto film festival and after.

Meryl Streep. Ruthless no-talent bitch. She slept her way to the top.

How do I get in on this??? I squeezed blackheads from his back on more than one occasion!

We fucked on a gingham picnic blanket next to the Oxford Canal on a spring afternoon under a crimson sunset. It was divine.

I purchased a "fainting couch" after my first meeting with him!!!!

I was bit by rats and molested while starving and freezing in the shack. I also stunk to high heavens.

Madonna (even though she's not an actor and her film career is over.)

Does Weinstein really have ENORMOUS PERMANENT BLACKHEADS all over his hairy back?

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Renee‘s photos with W are some of the most disgusting and desperate looking ones….

I don't know if Jessica Chastain hooked up with Harvey, but his company did distribute a movie she had a fairly big role in called "Lawless" and this was long after the supposed Jess Weixler incident.

Neve Campbell and Anne Hathaway sleeping with Harvey would explain why they've never said anything bad about him on record. Anne and Harvey were even neighbors in Connecticut.

Sally Kirkland.

What were these grown women thinking was going to happen? When you get on Grndr, do you expect to meet up and talk about Noam Chomsky? They just didn’t want to be implicated in the fact the majority willingly gave his dink the two finger tug. No casting room couch here folks 🙄 My guess is everybody that dressed in black at those golden globes, and a few he wouldn’t touch posers. Every 100 years you need a fatty Arbuckle to throw to the wolves, sadly he was probably innocent.

I find the Naomi Watts/Zooey Deschanell St. Vincent (2014) story interesting.

Where oh where is the gay version of the Weinstein story?.... old news with geffen, diller, huvane and so on?

“ Every 100 years you need a fatty Arbuckle to throw to the wolves, sadly he was probably innocent.”

“Innocent” rich men don’t end up in jail.

Harvey Weinstein was not innocent. Even relatively low level people in the industry knew all the dirt a few years before the scandal blew up.

[Quote] Neve Campbell and Anne Hathaway sleeping with Harvey would explain why they've never said anything bad about him on record.

I think Neve did. I remember Skeet saying he knew some of the actresses who did. I wonder if SMG had to?

Since the legal definition of rape is forcibly inserting one’s erect penis into an unwilling vagina, is there any physical evidence that Harvey committed such acts? Was he even able to generate and sustain an erection, much less use it in such a manner? Forcibly performing oral sex or masturbating in front of someone certainly count as sex-related crimes, but they’re not rape. He was convicted of “third-degree rape” based solely on testimony from a woman, Jessica Mann, who sought out and perpetuated a years-long sexual relationship in the hope of bolstering her career. Rose McGowan is demonstrably mentally ill and a liar. Reporters like Ronan Farrow and Megan Twohey just wanted to boost their own careers. I don’t doubt Harvey is/was scum, but the lack of physical evidence and the obvious fact that everyone in Hollywood is willing debase themselves for a paycheck or an award nomination suggests that Harvey is a symptom of a much broader problem that hasn’t gone away since he was locked up.

sex for roles sounds like a consensual contract agreement to me, each were getting what they wanted.

Holding a woman's legs open and performing oral sex on her in spite of her protesting is considered "sodomy" in the eyes of the law (as opposed to "surprise anal", which is just another friday nite at Bryan Singer's!)

[quote] Since the legal definition of rape is forcibly inserting one’s erect penis into an unwilling vagina

Not true. Rape is defined as the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.

Fine, but Weinstein was not accused of penetrating anybody with a foreign object…

I don't know but he was accused of penetrating vaginas with his tongue while forcing women down.

In photos, he has his look downpat: Here we are! Just socializing at the Oscars party! But his hand is always gripped on someone's waist just a little too tight.

R357 do you enjoy being a contrarian asshole? I hope so. Your argument is shit however. Many women came forward with similar experiences of Harvey attempted rapes. You can call them heavy handed seductions but these women felt threat and danger and had to "escape". This was of course sexual harassment and there was a repeated pattern attested by many many women. So Harvey probably twisted the arms of dozens of women over the year who said yes to the casting couch and didn't consider it rape. And he attempted sex with any number of women who experienced it as attempted rape. And he managed to rape a few.

Furthermore, the fact that "rapey" sexual harassment via the casting couch continues in Hollywood does not NEGATE that Harvey did it, and Harvey's act is a crime.

Asshole.

Daryl Hannah for sure.

Renee Zellweger seems like the female Tom Cruise in so many ways. She's all craven ambition and comes across unbelievably phony in interviews. It is no wonder she paid tribute to Cruise during her first Oscar win.

I will say in Harvey Feinstein's defense- I believe he really loved movies and was "a fan" - the vast majority of his successors are passionate about 2 things : power and themselves. Harvey at least did seen to look at films as more than just "product".

[Quote] Harvey at least did seen to look at films as more than just "product".

Does Bob?

R364 I was merely posing a question about the evidence and resulting charges that is free from the histrionics and emotions (like those in your post) that accompany any discussion of his deeds.

Weinstein wasn't charged with "attempted rape," which is a misdemeanor anyway, and I don't know what a "heavy-handed seduction" is. He also wasn't charged with sexual harassment despite all the women who were allowed to share their stories with the court, uncorroborated stories that did not result in additional charges but were somehow admitted as evidence; an appeals court deemed this testimony "incredibly prejudicial." back in December, likely paving the way for these convictions to be tossed or sentencing to be reduced.

He was convicted of "criminal sexual assault" for forcibly performing oral sex on Mimi Haleyi--again, this doesn't count as rape R360 because forced oral and anal sex are not defined as rape, at least not in New York--and "third degree rape," which only got him 5 years in the clink whereas the first charge resulted in a 25 year sentence. 25 years for sexual assault and 5 years for rape? And "third degree" rape means that woman did not consent but that Weinstein didn't actually use "forcible compulsion" to get her to do anything.

Weinstein may be a scum bag, but these charges make no sense because the prosecutors knew they could rely on emotions and #MeToo rather than evidence. He wasn't even found guilty of "predatory sexual assault" despite widespread agreement on his pattern of harassing women.

Did Harvey make any of these women pregnant?

The moral reasoning in this thread is atrocious.

If someone said "it's pretty well known that to get ahead in this school, you have to fuck the principal" or "it's pretty well known in this company, you have to fuck the CFO to get promoted" or apply what has been said of Hollywood to any other context, it would be considered appalling.

To expect that this is "just how it is" ensured that nothing but slimy sociopathic people inhabit that industry.

[Quote] To expect that this is "just how it is" ensured that nothing but slimy sociopathic people inhabit that industry.

Sadly it's not just that industry.

Kathy Bates?

R353, you haven't heard of Scott Rudin?

Abigail Breslin?

John Travolta told the masseuse he was trying to molest something along the lines "Do you know how many hideous old men I've had to let do unspeakable sex acts to me?". That's some highly effective pillow talk.

I remember Gloria Steinem's book on Marilyn Monroe, where she was quoted in a interview as stating about marilyn's abuse and the casting couch that "today we would call it sexual harassment and criminal abuse, back then it was just called LIFE"...

R376, many DLers still call it "life."

I'm not sure why anyone would really care who slept with Weinstein for a movie role back years ago?

For some excuse to act like an asshole and shame them anonymously on some shitty little website?

This thread reminds me about the one started by the person who says they're a psychologist and wondered why there is so much self-hate in the gay community. It certainly manifests in threads like these.

R374 Abigail has talked about sexual assault. I think it was an ex boyfriend? Man, i never thought she would end up on a Ryan Murphy show.

I don't doubt that he fucked every major star he worked with. The casting couch is REAL! All this focus on Weinstein is ridiculous when we it has been widely reported for decades that the practice is rampant throughout Hollywood! Weinstein went wrong when he actually raped "some" of them. But by and large, these bitches know what the price is for fame before they get to Hollywood.

^^^^^^^ We "KNOW" it has been widely reported...

Jessica Chastain starred in "Lawless" - a movie that Harvey was involved with - and this was a few years after the Jess Weixler incident. Interesting.

R367, there’s one anecdote in Down and Dirty Picture where Bob comes out in a good light. There were script problems with Mimic so Bob assembled a marathon writer’s room session to work on it. The person who was telling the story said that for all the horror the Weinsteins put them through, they did genuinely have an interest in making quality movies and that Bob’s suggestions during that session were very thoughtful and sophisticated and not just of a soulless bean counter solely out to make a buck.

There were rumors for years that Rose McGowan fucked him for her role in Scream. I think she was pissed about the Sundance encounter because she didn’t think she’d have to fuck him again now that she was going somewhere in her career.

As much as I love her, I also think Neve Campbell fucked him for some early roles. There were rumors at the time that she was sleeping with people with connections to advance her career. I also think that her reticence towards coming back to Scream 3 and 4 had to do with that.

I think Skeet Ulrich hinted at it in an interview during the height of #MeToo.

R383 that could be one of Neve's reasons but I also think having a stalker didn't help either.

R384 she's the first person who popped into my head. I also wondered if SMG had to at some point.

Bump

Does anyone on this thread aside from me think the OP is a troll? Think about what he is suggesting- think about what he is saying about women (I even if some have). And think about his disregard for all the young lives and careers Harvey wrecked.

Olivia got a splashy, scene-stealing supporting role in the Harvey produced "Butter (2011)."

Really R379? And you are certain about this based on what? Does it occur to you to differentiate between consensual and forced among other things? Are you aware of the scale of Harvey’s abuse?

R388, Mira Sorvino has a supporting role as the mom in that film. Didn't she say he raped her?

Besides the Betty Page bio, Gretchen Mol also got a somewhat hyped supporting role in the high profile "Rounders."

Naomi Watts possibly screwing Harvey to get that "St. Vincent" role is very interesting. She does have a broken vibe about her.

The Jennifer Siebel story is an absolute bummer. She's a naive 30 year old MBA breaking into Hollywood... ok, sure I'll buy it. Harvey assaults her and she emails him years later for advice, ok sure I'll buy it. She lets Gavin take donations from him, sure I'll buy it.

Did Gavin know? Is he complicit then? If so, he's done. Did she just decide, "well Fuck it, I'll be First Lady if I can't be a star. That's at least something."

I had such hopes for Gavin.

Zelda Rubinstein

Harvey's company distributed two Jessica Chastain projects: "Lawless" and "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigley." And Jessica was a producer on the latter. I don't know if she slept with him, but at the very least she wasn't upset enough by him to not use him for her own self-interest. She even admitted to knowing about Harvey's awfulness as early as 2007.

But did he make any of these pregnant?

Well then they deserved the role, because he looks like he smells like that liquid at the bottom of the trash can.

Bump

Sally Kirkland.

The model who wore a wire to get Weinstein confess to assaulting her recounts HW calling N.Kidman to summon her for a meeting at a strange time of night. That detail interests and disturbs. Kidman is doggedly determined to remain an American movie star. Why?

[quote]R8 Andie Macdowall, Uma Thurman, Kate Winslett, Charlize Theron

These are unlikely candidates.

Jennifer Lawrence was already a well known actress. Weinstein threw out her name to a wanna be actress as an example that he could make her famous.

Lawrence is obviously one of his protégés. Obviously.

How does this work in actual fact? Is it a one off session with W or do these actresses/actors become perpetual bootie calls?

In a Frank Sinatra docu-drama it was made clear that Ava Gardner fucked studio chief Harry Cohen to secure Sinatra's role in From Here to Eternity so even HUGE stars sometimes engage. Ava was at the top of her game at that time.

Margaret Hamilton

Ashley Judd

R403 Harvey Weinstein bragged about sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence after another actress rejected his advances,

Does Jennifer even act the damsel? She always seemed the type to me of the doesn't give a fuck, i don't care whose dick i need to suck type of actress.

Who is Harvey's gay equivalent?

A bit OT, but: I thought the documentary "Miss Representation" was the work of a radical feminist or maybe even a conservative, but Siebel-Newsom is not a radical feminist nor a conservative. So, I don't know,

I think Harvey's accusers are a mix of victims still having to play the game as well as victims becoming shrewd opportunists. Maybe a handful of liars, but that's to be expected.

Siebel-Newsom comes from Republican family. If she is Republican herself, that would explain some of the things in that documentary.

Charlize

Meryl Streep

Helen Mirren

Sada Thompson

Angourie Rice

Clara Peller

Melissa Leo

Judi Dench

Lily Tomlin

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Margo Martindale

Renée Zellweger. She seems like a gentle person, but there is no logical reason that she got hired for so many major parts in the early aughts except for Harvey.

Bump

Blake Lively didn’t have much of an actual movie career so I’m not sure about her.

r409: Bryan Singer, David Geffen, Peter Thiel, Elton John

R417 Zellweger is actually a very talented actress.

R1 is Bill Clinton.

R420 Elton is that bad??

R419 she gave it her best shot. Blake probably has some resentment towards GG for holding her back 😆