Actor Timothee Chalamet has announced that he will be donating his salary from his upcoming Woody Allen film A Rainy Day in New York to three charities, reported Variety.
“I have been asked in a few recent interviews about my decision to work on a film with Woody Allen last summer,” the Call Me By Your Name actor said in a statement posted on his Instagram account. “I’m not able to answer the question directly because of contractual obligations. But what I can say is this: I don’t want to profit from my work on the film, and to that end, I am going to donate my entire salary to three charities: TIME’S UP, The LGBT Center in New York, and RAINN. I want to be worthy of standing shoulder to shoulder with the brave artists who are fighting for all people to be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve.”
Chalamet is not the first actor to make a statement against Allen. In recent weeks, Rebecca Hall, Mira Sorvino, Ellen Page, David Krumholtz, Greta Garwig and Griffith Newman have all made their position clear on working with the 82-year-old filmmaker, who has been accused of child sexual abuse.
In 1993, Allen was accused of abusing Dylan Farrow, his adopted daughter. Through open letters in 2014 and 2017, Farrow questioned Hollywood’s silence on Allen. In her latest letter, she asked why the “#MeToo revolution has spared Woody Allen”.
She even tweeted about the issue on January 7 ahead of the Golden Globes Awards.
It’s #GoldenGlobes Sunday. Four years ago, at the Globes in 2014, Woody Allen was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement. Four years ago I decided enough was enough and wrote an open letter detailing the abuse I sustained at the hands of Woody Allen. /1
— Dylan Farrow (@realdylanfarrow) January 7, 2018
Today, four years later, it is Globes Sunday again and many, if not most, will be wearing black on the red carpet in solidarity with the #TIMESUP movement. They will stand against sexual harassment and abuse in their industry and all others. Good. I stand with them. #metoo /3
— Dylan Farrow (@realdylanfarrow) January 7, 2018
Not everyone in Hollywood shares the same feelings. According to a report in Variety, actor Alec Baldwin has tweeted that it is “unfair and sad” that actors are expressing regret for working with Allen. Baldwin called working with Allen one of the “privileges” of his career.
Woody Allen was investigated forensically by two states (NY and CT) and no charges were filed. The renunciation of him and his work, no doubt, has some purpose. But it’s unfair and sad to me. I worked w WA 3 times and it was one of the privileges of my career.
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) January 16, 2018
Is it possible to support survivors of pedophilia and sexual assault/abuse and also believe that WA is innocent?
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) January 16, 2018
I think so.
The intention is not to dismiss or ignore such complaints. But accusing ppl of such crimes should be treated carefully. On behalf of the victims, as well.
