News | Entertainment
11 May 2024 8:24
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Jessica Chastain was told to “calm down” after she took a stand against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein

    The 40-year-old actress took to Twitter in October to share a series of tweets in which she claimed she was “warned” about the alleged behaviour of the producer, who has been accused of sexually harassing over 80 women in a 30-year period


    And now, Jessica has revealed that after sending the tweets, she received an email from a “well-known actor” who told her to stop speaking out on the social media site.

    Speaking during an appearance on ‘The Graham Norton Show’ which airs on Friday (08.12.17), the ‘Molly’s Game’ actress said: “I was tweeting a lot at the time and actually got an email from a well-known actor that said: ‘Calm down’. I found that heartbreaking and can only think he didn’t understand the movement that was happening.”

    In her tweets - which were sent on October 9 - Jessica revealed she had been made aware of 65-year-old Weinstein “from the beginning” of her career, and urged other men to speak up about what they may have witnessed.

    She wrote: “I was warned from the beginning. The stories were everywhere. To deny that is to create an environment for it to happen again.

    “Yes. Im sick of the media demanding only women speak up. What about the men? Perhaps many are afraid to look at their own behavior….. (sic)”

    It comes after the ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ actress claimed in an interview last month that she had her own altercation with Weinstein after he tried to get her to set him up with her friend, and thinks that Hollywood as a whole have been "complicit" in letting his alleged actions slide.

    She said: "Yeah, he tried to get me to pimp out my best friend Jess Weixler. Like very flirtatious, 'Oh I've got such a crush on her - you got to help me.' He's incredibly friendly but also very volatile. He normalised the abuse.

    "But everyone in this industry is complicit. We're all part of the problem. I heard the rumours even before I entered the industry. So we have to ask ourselves, why was it okay? Why are agents sending actresses to meetings in hotel rooms?”

    © 2024 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     11 May: Rebel Wilson "made no money" on 'Bridesmaids'
     11 May: Lucien Laviscount believes Shakira is an "amazing talent"
     11 May: Reba McEntire plans to sing the theme song for her new sitcom
     11 May: Jax Taylor believes "communication" issues led to his split from Brittany Cartwright
     11 May: Whoopi Goldberg considers her sobriety journey to be a matter of life and death
     10 May: Tom Sandoval "tried to take full accountability" for his cheating scandal
     10 May: Chris Pine "hated" working as a restaurant host before finding fame
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan believes they're timing their run nicely into the Super Rugby playoffs More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Several teenagers have been taken in by Police, after aggravated robberies in three Auckland businesses, including jewellery stores More...



     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Rebel Wilson "made no money" on 'Bridesmaids' 8:15

    Rugby League:
    Another injury blow for the Warriors...with reports that centre Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is set for a stint on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury in training 8:07

    Rugby:
    Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan believes they're timing their run nicely into the Super Rugby playoffs 7:57

    International:
    Australia votes 'yes' at United Nations as Palestinian push for full membership gathers momentum 7:57

    International:
    Michael Cohen, the man who destroyed his own life to try to put Donald Trump in jail 7:57

    Golf:
    Great second rounds for New Zealand's leading golfers in the United States - Lydia Ko's moved into a tie for 7th at four-under-par in New Jersey...and Ryan Fox is up 34 spots in a tie for 17th at Myrtle Beach...five shots off the lead 7:47

    Entertainment:
    Lucien Laviscount believes Shakira is an "amazing talent" 7:45

    Cricket:
    Black Caps batter Daryl Mitchell has top scored for the Chennai Super Kings in a 35-run IPL loss to the Gujarat Titans 7:37

    Living & Travel:
    Airlines in America will soon have to give automatic refunds for cancelled and delayed flights. Could the same happen in Australia? 7:27

    Rugby League:
    Penrith NRL league coach Ivan Cleary has leapt to the defence of his club's medical team in the wake of his son Nathan's ongoing hamstring issues 7:27


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2024 New Zealand City Ltd