The Iron Lady writer Abi Morgan says she was 'DUPED' by Harvey Weinstein
THE Iron Lady screenwriter Abi Morgan said she was duped into trusting shamed movie mogul Harvey Weinstein when he showed interest in “female feminist work” during a meeting.
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Morgan, whose 2011 film about Margaret Thatcher was produced by Weinstein, said she knew he was a “bully” and heard rumours before he was sacked from his film studio amid numerous accusations of sexual harassment or assault by stars such as Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lupita Nyong’o, Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek.
Weinstein, 66, has apologised for his past behaviour, but denies accusations of non-consensual sex.
Cardiff-born Morgan, 50, told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs: “When you sit down with a Hollywood producer who seems interested in female feminist work, then somewhere along the way you think, ‘OK, this is good, he must have an appreciation and respect for women’, and you realise how deceptive that is.”
The Bafta-nominated writer was behind films including Suffragette, Shame and drama series Sex Traffic.
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You think, ‘OK, this is good, he must have an appreciation and respect for women’, and you realise how deceptive that is.
She added: “I think everyone knew that he was a bully. “He threw great parties and I think that was incredibly corrupting and seductive.
"The main thing about Harvey was, he was almost a parody of power.”
Morgan chose songs including Beyonce’s Sorry and Joni Mitchell’s Chelsea Morning.
Desert Island Discs is on Radio 4 today at 11.15am.