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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnd here's another allegation:
http://deadline.com/2017/11/melissa-gilbert-oliver-stone-sexually-harassment-the-doors-andy-cohen-1202212904/Melissa Gilbert Accuses Oliver Stone Of Sexual Harassment: It Was Humilating And Horrid
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During an interview on Andy Cohens satellite radio show Radio Andy, actress Melissa Gilbert claimed that director Oliver Stone sexually harassed her during an audition for his 1991 film The Doors.
At first, Gilbert told her story without naming any names. She kept the accusations very anonymous saying that she was humiliated during an audition because she had embarrassed him in a social situation. Gilbert ended up running out of the room crying.
Im actually sitting here telling you this story, afraid to say his name, because Im worried about backlash, she said in the interview. After being reluctant she eventually said, Oh f*** it! It was Oliver Stone, and it was The Doors.
Gilbert says the role she was auditioning for was the Meg Ryans character. She goes into detail about the scene she had him read a scene he said he wrote especially for her. The scene had her on her hands and knees saying, Do me, baby. Gilbert said that Stone asked her to stage it and she refused and left the audition crying.
I never really talked about it and it was all because I had said something and embarrassed him publicly, she said. He wrote this special scene that he wanted me to do for him physically in the casting room, and it was humiliating and horrid. She adds, He got me back and it hurt.
Gilberts accusation against Stone is not the first. Former Playboy model Carrie Stevens claimed that the director groped her during a party. Stone has yet to respond these allegations.
This news comes after Stone backpedaled on his comment about Harvey Weinstein saying that Its not easy what hes going through in regards to the scandal. It also comes after he said that he would recuse himself from Showtimes upcoming series Guantanamo as long as the Weinstein Company is involved.
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And here's another allegation: (Original Post)
flamingdem
Nov 2017
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MFM008
(19,806 posts)1. and so it begins
Is anyone surprised?
Moguls and such have done this from the beginning of the studio systems, Its about time it stopped.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)2. Exactly. This one hardly surprises
in fact it would be surprising if Stone didn't have any complaints!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)3. And when all the crystal palaces go crashing
into the sea off Catalina, What the hell will there be left to watch at the movies??
I'll just go back to old Twilight Zone reruns.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)5. This behavior will never stop in Hollywood.
You'll just stop hearing about it after the novelty wears off.
As long as people will do anything for "fame and fortune", there will be sleazeballs in power who will capitalize on that motivation.
JI7
(89,247 posts)4. it's already known in his case and not surprising . he defended HArvey weinstein
look up patricia arquette and oliver stone.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)6. Hollywood's main products are sex and violence
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)7. kick