Gina Gershon Defends Working with Woody Allen on New Movie 'Rifkin's Festival'
justjared.comGina Gershon is opening up about working with Woody Allen. In a new interview, the 59-year-old actress defended her decision to work with the 86-year-old director amid resurfaced allegations that he sexually abused his adopted daughter Dylan when she was 7-years-old, which were first reported during his breakup from her mom Mia Farrow back in 1992. Click inside to read more… Back in 2019, Gina filmed the new movie Rifkin’s Festival – written and directed by Woody – alongside co-stars Wallace Shawn, Christoph Waltz, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, and Sergi López.
The movie is just now getting released, after it was postponed because of the pandemic and the resurfaced sexual abuse allegations against Woody, which were recounted in the HBO docu-series Allen v.
Farrow. While promoting the movie, Gina took issue with people not wanting to work with Woody because of the allegations. “If they’re against it, they just shouldn’t,” Gina said with a laugh in an interview with WGN.
When asked why she signed onto the project, Gina said it was “because he’s a genius.” “You know what, it serves no one to keep great artists from working, even the alleged victims, right?” Gina continued. “And Woody Allen, you know, it makes me a little sad that that’s how you lead this whole talk, talking about that whole controversy instead of talking about what an incredible artist he is.
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