Famous director Woody Allen insists he will keep working no matter how his films are received. And if no one wants to finance his movies anymore, he’ll work anyway — focusing on theater and books. Allen’s career, once the model of independent filmmakers the world over, has been shadowed in recent years by allegations that he molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old.
The director has staunchly denied the allegation and continues to make the case for himself not only as a non-predator, but as an early adopter of the new-to-Hollywood notion of gender equality.
Allen told France24 in a recent interview that his practices have always aligned with the goals of the #MeToo movement — even before that movement had a name.
Allen said he’s “worked with hundreds of actresses [and] not one of them has ever complained about me, not a single complaint.”
He also says that he has “employed women in the top capacity, in every capacity, for years and we’ve always paid them exactly the equal of men.” That is a real rarity. Just ask Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence. One of Lawrence’s contemporaries, Scarlett Johansson has worked often with Allen and recently said she’d continue to work with him, saying she believes his side of the story. Allen’s latest movie, Rainy Day in New York, opens in France today.
