{"id":183748,"date":"2019-02-13T08:05:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T08:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=183748"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:10:03","slug":"some-of-harvey-weinsteins-victims-allowed-themselves-to-be-abused-in-order-to-win-parts-says-hollywood-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=183748","title":{"rendered":"Some of Harvey Weinstein\u2019s victims \u2018allowed themselves to be abused in order to win parts\u2019, says Hollywood star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jake Hurfurt \u2013 Daily Mail Feb 13, 2019<\/h1>\n
\"Weinstein<\/a>

Weinstein with Gwyneth Paltrow. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Veteran stage actor Steven Berkoff has suggested some of Harvey Weinstein\u2019s victims \u2018allowed themselves to be abused\u2019 to win parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The playwright and actor said the disgraced movie mogul\u2019s alleged sex offences were \u2018totally abhorrent\u2019 but that some actors would \u2018sell their souls for a role\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 81-year-old was promoting his latest production, Harvey, a monologue in which he plays Weinstein, 66, who has been charged with the rape and sexual abuse of two women.<\/span><\/p>\n

The claims against Weinstein, which he denies, triggered the global #MeToo movement that led to a wave of protests against sexual misconduct in the workplace, often by powerful men.<\/span><\/p>\n

Berkoff told the Daily Telegraph: \u2018I don\u2019t think [the sexual activity] was ever consensual in the sense that it\u2019s consensual when a man and woman are attracted to each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘He knew himself to be unattractive and assumed his power would attract women.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Weinstein<\/a>

Weinstein and Nicole Kidman at the premiere of Paddington.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018I would say he thought he was making a deal. I think it would be very unlikely that some women weren\u2019t aware of what was going on and allowed themselves to be abused, because they felt, at the end of it, there might be a cheque or a part.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘People will sell their souls for a role.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Berkoff, who has played villains from King Herod to Adolf Hitler, as well as a Bond baddie in Octopussy, said: \u2018Using power for sex is the worst kind of blackmail, but in a way he\u2019s a victim of his time.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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While admitting that Harvey Weinstein\u2019s behaviour was \u201cabhorrent\u201d, veteran actor Steven Berkoff added that some actors would \u201csell their souls for a role\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-historic-sexual-abuse"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183748"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183752,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183748\/revisions\/183752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}