Hugh Jackman is sick of the sleazy behaviour in Hollywood and wants to see change
HUGH Jackman says the days of the notoriously sleazy casting couch must end in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal that has gripped Hollywood. He proposed some changes that should be put in place so it never happens again.
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HUGH Jackman says the days of the notoriously sleazy casting couch must end in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal that has gripped Hollywood.
Admitting the entertainment industry has to lift its game, the Aussie superstar said one-on-one secretive auditions must never again take place — and definitely not in a hotel room, as Weinstein has been accused of doing.
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“There should never, ever be an audition again without a third person present, there should never be a meeting in a hotel room,” Jackman tells the July issue of GQ Australia, which is out on Monday.
“You can call it a hotel room, but essentially it’s a bedroom, right? So why would you ever need to have a meeting there?”
Jackman worked with Weinstein twice — in 2001 on Kate & Leopold and in 2011 on Butter.
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The one-time super producer has been mired in controversy with scores of women accusing him of rampant sexual misconduct and last week he was charged with rape in New York.
But Jackman said there is some hope emerging from the sordid scandal as it’s pushing equality to the forefront of everyone’s minds.
“What’s been great in all of this is that it’s morphed into genuine discussion about equality in the workplace,” he said.
“So in many ways, it feels like there’s a hopeful feeling that this could be a genuine change for the better.”
Go to gq.com.au.