Alec Baldwin criticises 'unfair and sad' Woody Allen rejection: 'Working with him was a privilege'
Alec Baldwin has criticised the decision of several actors to express their regret over working with Woody Allen.
Attention has turned to the writer-director as the #MeToo movement has gained momentum in Hollywood with some shedding light on the accusations made against Allen - who denied them all - by adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow which date back to 1992.
While Baldwin, who worked with the director on To Rome With Love (2010) and Blue Jasmine (2010), stated the decision of Call Me By Your Name star Timothée Chalamet, Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig and British actor Rebecca Hall to condemn Allen had “some purpose,” he went on to describe the move as “unfair and sad.”
Woody Allen was investigated forensically by two states (NY and CT) and no charges were filed. The renunciation of him and his work, no doubt, has some purpose. But it’s unfair and sad to me. I worked w WA 3 times and it was one of the privileges of my career.
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) January 16, 2018
Baldwin ascertained that working with Allen was “one of the privileges of [his] career.”
Allen's daughter Dylan Farrow accused him of sexually molesting her when she was just 7-years-old.
Gerwig co-starred with Baldwin in To Rome With Love while Hall and Chalamet - the latter of whom donated his entire fee to the TimesUp fund - both star in the forthcoming comedy A Rainy Day in New York.
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