Greater than 20 years later, Patricia Clarkson is recounting her unlucky expertise with Harvey Weinstein.
The Oscar nominee defined that the disgraced producer tried to submit her on the 76th Academy Awards for Finest Supporting Actress, regardless of her lead function in Miramax‘s 2003 movie The Station Agent.
“I hate when actors put themselves in false classes. I feel that’s one thing that must be addressed by the Academy. Too typically it occurs,” she instructed Enterprise Insider. “When you’re supporting, you ought to be really a supporting participant, and if you’re the lead, it’s a must to step up and go right into a tougher class. I used to be the lead in Station Agent, so I mentioned, ‘No, Harvey, I’m not going into supporting.’”
That very same yr, she obtained a Supporting Actress nod for her efficiency within the United Artists movie Items of April. “I’m undoubtedly supporting in that. Katie Holmes is clearly the lead of that movie,” she defined.
“So I went up in opposition to Harvey, and he instructed me I’d by no means work once more,” mentioned Clarkson. “It acquired very ugly.”
Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale in ‘The Station Agent’ (Miramax/Everett Assortment)
After greater than 80 girls have come ahead with sexual harassment, assault or rape allegations in opposition to Weinstein since 2017, Clarkson acknowledged that her incident was far much less extreme, which is why she not often addresses it.
“This was patter to me, what I went by means of with Harvey. It was nonetheless troublesome and horrible what he did to me, however in comparison with so many ladies who went by means of a lot extra, it was odd to speak about it,” she mentioned.
Clarkson portrayed New York Occasions editor Rebecca Corbett within the 2022 drama She Mentioned, concerning the investigation that uncovered Weinstein’s years of misconduct. “After all it was a motivation,” she mentioned of their interplay inspiring her to take the function.
In 2020, Weinstein was discovered responsible on one rely every of felony sexual assault within the first diploma and rape within the third diploma, sentenced to 23 years in jail. He was discovered responsible of three extra costs in Los Angeles in 2022, receiving one other 16 years.
Along with his New York convictions overturned as a consequence of “egregious errors” on behalf of the decide, his retrial kicked off on April 15. Weinstein is presently in custody at Rikers Island.