Uma Thurman, Harvey Weinstein: Why star is so angry

UMA Thurman revealed an incident in a hotel room with Harvey Weinstein, but it is this car crash scene she is really angry about.

HOLLYWOOD star Uma Thurman has revealed how growing animosity between her and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein led to a shocking encounter on the set of Kill Bill.

Thurman broke her silence about the disgraced Hollywood mogul over the weekend, accusing him of attacking her and threatening her career.

She revealed how her relationship with director Quentin Tarantino also deteriorated because of the animosity she held towards Weinstein.

The 47-year-old is indelibly linked to Weinstein’s Miramax studio thanks to her iconic roles in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.

She describes how working with Quentin Tarantino on Kill Bill extracted its own form of non-sexual abuse that left her injured and irate.

Director Quentin Tarantino and Thurman following the crash scene in Kill Bill.

In a New York Times article by Maureen Dowd, Thurman also says she holds her agents at the firm CAA responsible.

She said she was left feeling devastated after a particularly dangerous stunt driving scene.

Despite Tarantino confronting Weinstein on her behalf, Thurman was shaken by his demands on her during the shoot and felt she was in danger driving the modified Karmann Ghia. Thurman says the seat wasn’t screwed down properly when the car drifted off the road and smashed into a palm tree.

She said she had been warned there were issues with it and made it clear she wasn’t comfortable driving it.

In footage supplied to The New York Times, Thurman can be seen bumping along the road with the car veering dangerously before it smashes into a palm tree, leaving her visibly shaken.

Film crew and even Tarantino himself come to help her get out of the car.

Thurman said she did not want to drive and crash an unsafe car.

Miramax would only show her the footage of the accident if she signed a release from liability, which she refused.

“When they turned on me after the accident,” she told Dowd, “I went from being a creative contributor and performer to being like a broken tool.”

After 15 years, she finally succeeded in getting the footage back from Tarantino that could help her prove what happened on the set.

The star insisted this offered little comfort as she still suffers from neck and knee damage.

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Thurman detailed how Weinstein forced himself on her in a London hotel, after several months of saying she would reveal her sexual harasser.

In October last year the star was asked for her thoughts on the Weinstein scandal by Access Hollywood at a red carpet event but said she was too angry to express herself properly.

It’s only now she has broken her silence.

Thurman has spoken about the disgraced Hollywood mogul, accusing him of attacking her and threatening her career. Pictured Loic Venance/AFP

She detailed how following the success of Pulp Fiction, “the bathrobe came out” when Weinstein asked her to meet him at his Paris hotel and then led her to the steam room, which she quickly exited.

Not long after, she met him at the Savoy Hotel in London, where she alleges: “He pushed me down. He tried to shove himself on me. He tried to expose himself. He did all kinds of unpleasant things. But he didn’t actually put his back into it and force me.”

Thurman returned to the hotel soon after and threatened to expose what he had done but instead Weinstein said he would ruin her career, she said.

Thurman also said that she feels bad that so many women were later abused by Weinstein and that in some way, they may have trusted him because actors like herself were willing to work with him.

Weinstein admits making an awkward pass at Thurman but has denied it was physical. Picture: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Weinstein confirmed to The New York Times that he had apologised to Thurman at the time for what he called “misreading her signals”. CAA apologised recently to clients who were “let down”.

In a statement to The New York Times through a spokesman, Weinstein admitted “making a pass” at the actor.

“Mr Weinstein acknowledges making a pass at Ms Thurman in England after misreading her signals in Paris,” the statement said.

“He immediately apologised.”

Harvey Weinstein issues statement responding to Uma Thurman's allegations: 'Her claims about being physically assaulted are untrue. And this is the first time we have heard those details.' pic.twitter.com/EYpKyxINfj

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However the movie mogul denied any physical contact took place.

The statement said there “was no physical contact during Mr Weinstein’s awkward pass and Mr Weinstein is saddened and puzzled as to ‘why’ Ms Thurman, someone he considers a colleague and a friend, waited 25 years to make these allegations public, noting that he and Ms Thurman have shared a very close and mutually beneficial working relationship where they have made several very successful film projects together”.

Thurman is in a long list of Hollywood women — including Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale and Salma Hayek — who have accused Weinstein of acts ranging from sexual harassment to rape.

The scandal touched off a deluge of allegations bringing down powerful men in entertainment, politics and the media, forcing many industries to re-examine workplace harassment policies.

— With Reuters and the Associated Press

The actor remains furious about the scene, which left her with injuries.