Ashley Judd.Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images
Ashley Juddsays she didn’t struggle with the decision to appear as herself in the upcoming filmShe Said, which surrounds the New York Times investigation intoHarvey Weinstein.
On Thursday, Judd, 54,received a standing ovation when she appeared alongside other Weinstein accusersafter the world premiere ofShe Saidat the New York Film Festival, according to USATODAY.
“It was very validating when someone finally wanted to listen and do something about it. And the film was the next step in that,” she said at a post-screening Q&A.
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan inShe Said(2022).Universal Pictures
“It’s so important to be in our truth and to have our righteousness in our story,” said Judd at the Q&A of going on the record. “So it was a really simple thing for me to do and I was very grateful for the opportunity.”
Judd and Kazan also praised changes they’ve seen in the film industry in the wake of the #MeToo movement, according to USA TODAY.
“I have reframed experiences that I have had to understand that they were in fact harassment and assault, when I had previously minimized them,” said Judd at the premiere.
Twohey and Kantor’s reportingwon a 2018 Pulitzer Prizefor “explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators, including allegations against one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, bringing them to account for long-suppressed allegations of coercion, brutality and victim silencing, thus spurring a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse of women.”
Harvey Weinstein in 2016.Andreas Rentz/Getty
Weinstein, 70, iscurrently serving a 23-year prison sentencein New York after a jury found him guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree, stemming from assaults in 2006 and 2013.
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The disgraced movie mogul is also awaiting trial in Los Angeles, where he facesmore sexual assault allegations, and British authorities havecharged Weinstein with two countsof indecent assault against a woman in London.
She Saidis in theaters Nov. 18.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
source: people.com
