Harvey Weinstein: ‘He was a bully. We should all have stopped laughing off rumours'
A TOP producer has said the industry should have stopped “laughing off” rumours about Weinstein and “joined the dots”.
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Stephen Woolley, best known for his work with director Neil Jordan on films Mona Lisa and The Crying Game, worked with the film mogul.
He told Radio 4’s Today programme: “There were always rumours swirling around and...they were turned into a joke. ‘Oh, Harvey tried this or we heard Harvey may have done this.’ It’s a problem because we’ve turned it into a butt of humour.”
Stephen Woolley worked Weinstein
He added: “What was known was that Harvey was a bully. “What went on behind closed doors was what went on behind closed doors.”
Asked whether he felt those in the industry should have done more, he said: “We never joined the dots.”
He said finding Weinstein in his dressing gown was common
He said finding Weinstein in his dressing gown – the manner in which many women allege he propositioned them – was common.
“Harvey had meetings in his dressing gown with everyone, sadly, and this was the problem.”