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| Casey Affleck admits 'unprofessional' behaviour on set of I'm Still Here | Casey Affleck admits 'unprofessional' behaviour on set of I'm Still Here |
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| The actor and director Casey Affleck has addressed allegations of harassment for the first time, saying he contributed to an “unprofessional environment” on the film set of I’m Still Here. | The actor and director Casey Affleck has addressed allegations of harassment for the first time, saying he contributed to an “unprofessional environment” on the film set of I’m Still Here. |
| The 42-year-old said he took responsibility for the “really unprofessional” atmosphere on the set of the 2010 film that led to civil lawsuits from two women who worked on the production. | The 42-year-old said he took responsibility for the “really unprofessional” atmosphere on the set of the 2010 film that led to civil lawsuits from two women who worked on the production. |
| During Affleck’s best actor campaign for Manchester By the Sea in 2016, the spotlight was turned back on the civil lawsuits for breach of contract filed by a cinematographer and a producer who worked on I’m Still Here. One of the women also sued for sexual harassment, and both described an uncomfortable atmosphere on the set of the unconventional mockumentary. | During Affleck’s best actor campaign for Manchester By the Sea in 2016, the spotlight was turned back on the civil lawsuits for breach of contract filed by a cinematographer and a producer who worked on I’m Still Here. One of the women also sued for sexual harassment, and both described an uncomfortable atmosphere on the set of the unconventional mockumentary. |
| “It was an unprofessional environment … the buck had to stop with me being one of the producers and I have to accept responsibility for that,” Affleck said I’m Still Here, which he produced and directed. “I contributed to that unprofessional environment and I tolerated that kind of behaviour from other people and I wish that I hadn’t.” | “It was an unprofessional environment … the buck had to stop with me being one of the producers and I have to accept responsibility for that,” Affleck said I’m Still Here, which he produced and directed. “I contributed to that unprofessional environment and I tolerated that kind of behaviour from other people and I wish that I hadn’t.” |
| He added: “I behaved in a way and allowed others to behave in a way that was really unprofessional. And I’m sorry.” | He added: “I behaved in a way and allowed others to behave in a way that was really unprofessional. And I’m sorry.” |
| Although the lawsuits were settled out of court, Affleck’s name became associated with a long list of men who have abused power in Hollywood. While he has addressed the lawsuits, he also has not spoken publicly since the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements took hold 10 months ago. | Although the lawsuits were settled out of court, Affleck’s name became associated with a long list of men who have abused power in Hollywood. While he has addressed the lawsuits, he also has not spoken publicly since the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements took hold 10 months ago. |
| “In this business women have been underrepresented and underpaid and objectified and diminished and humiliated and belittled in a bazillion ways and just generally had a mountain of grief thrown at them forever,” he said. | “In this business women have been underrepresented and underpaid and objectified and diminished and humiliated and belittled in a bazillion ways and just generally had a mountain of grief thrown at them forever,” he said. |
| “And no one was really making too much of a fuss about it, myself included, until a few women with the kind of courage and wisdom to stand up and say, ’You know what? Enough is enough,’” Affleck said. | “And no one was really making too much of a fuss about it, myself included, until a few women with the kind of courage and wisdom to stand up and say, ’You know what? Enough is enough,’” Affleck said. |
| “Those are the people who are kind of leading this conversation and should be leading the conversation. And I know just enough to know that in general I need to keep my mouth shut and listen and try to figure out what’s going on and be a supporter and a follower in the little, teeny tiny ways that I can.” | “Those are the people who are kind of leading this conversation and should be leading the conversation. And I know just enough to know that in general I need to keep my mouth shut and listen and try to figure out what’s going on and be a supporter and a follower in the little, teeny tiny ways that I can.” |
| Of his decision to do an interview now, Affleck said: “If I’m not promoting a movie, I’m not going to do any press, so that’s why you haven’t heard from me.” | Of his decision to do an interview now, Affleck said: “If I’m not promoting a movie, I’m not going to do any press, so that’s why you haven’t heard from me.” |
| Affleck has been working on The Old Man & The Gun, in which he plays a cop trying to track down an older bank robber, played by Robert Redford. | Affleck has been working on The Old Man & The Gun, in which he plays a cop trying to track down an older bank robber, played by Robert Redford. |
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