The 72-year-old star said she couldn’t specifically identify with the innumerable ladies mishandled in Hollywood on the grounds that when she came to Hollywood she was at that point in her 30s – yet she admitted being casualty to lewd behavior when she was more youthful.
“It doesn’t happen to you unless you’re really young and that’s a whole reality that is nature that should be unpicked – or maybe it’s not nature; it’s cultural as well”.
Mirren was surprised and amused by the story, insisting Neeson had never previously shared this with her. “And Ciarán is my oldest friend, and we both went, ‘F-.’ So I was smitten, and then Ciarán was smitten too”.
“When I was between 16 and 23, 24, men would expose themselves to me, often”.
Dame Helen Mirren says men used to “expose” themselves to her once a week in her 20s. “It’s the opposite. It’s horror”,’ she said.
“Weird, because it’s not like you’re going to go, “Oh my god, that’s the most gorgeous thing I’ve ever seen”. It’s hard to explain how difficult it is to overcome the culture. “It’s been coming”, she said. No one wants to listen’. There is a pressure mounting behind a dam, and I hope that that dam is finally bursting in terms of women directors and women-led dramas.
In the same way as other of her partners, she’s a glad supporter of the Time’s Up development. When I initially primed “Suspect” they were not in any manner beyond any doubt that a female-drove dramatization would be satisfactory to people in general.
In the wake of “Me Too” and “Time’s Up”, performers are being asked as a group whether they have encountered Hollywood’s uncontrolled provocation direct.