If it had to be done again, Rebecca Hall would not have cast shame on Woody Allen in 2018. At the time, and while the #MeToo movement was at its height and Dylan Farrow criticized Hollywood for continuing to work with the filmmaker whom she accuses of abuse, the actress had chosen to present a public apology for having worked with him that same year in the film A rainy day in New York. A position that the actress regrets today.
A complicated situation
“It's not at all my style to make public statements,” she explained to The Observer. “I make films, that’s how I’m political. I'm not an “activist”, I'm not that person. »
Rebecca Hall, who owes her “first significant role” to Woody Allen with Vicky Cristina Barcelonaadmits to having been overwhelmed by the situation at the time.
“I was confused,” she explained. “I told myself that at that moment, the most important thing was to believe the women. But it turned into “another person denounces Woody Allen”, which is not what I said. I don't regret having worked with him. He gave me a great opportunity and he was nice to me. »
