The ‘Whale’ actress refused to give in and admitted she felt her decision cost her roles on some of Weinstein’s later films, including being passed in favour of Lena Headey for a role in 2005’s ‘The Brothers Grimm’ opposite Matt Damon and Heath Ledger after the producer deemed her “unf*******”. So they kept coming back with this role and I was told unequivocally, 'You’re not going to work again unless you do this role. 'I had a phone call saying, 'You can't say no.' The 'no' wasn’t being listened to. She said: 'I had just worked with Stuart Townsend on Under the Skin.
The ‘Minority Report’ actress said the casting director then told her: 'You don’t say no to Harvey.'īut Samantha stressed she wasn’t rejecting the producer, just the film – and was issued with a chilling warning when she refused to change her stance. I think the film is really misogynistic and I don't want to be part of it.'' She recalled on ‘The Louis Theroux Podcast’: 'I said, 'I don't like it. The 46-year-old actress accused the disgraced producer – who is currently in jail after being found guilty of sex crimes – of threatening to make sure she would “not work again” after she turned down an approach to be in his 2000 romantic comedy ‘About Adam’, which starred Kate Hudson, Stuart Townsend and Frances O’Connor. Samantha Morton has claimed Harvey Weinstein tried to destroy her career.
Samantha Morton shunned a Harvey Weinstein film
