“I personally had an actor that was very annoying, and I happened to be the producer, so I fired him,” Derek revealed to THR. “I was in the position of power at the time. We all have.” She believes it is significant to continue speaking out and condemning sexual misconduct for those that find it difficult to stand up for themselves. When asked if she had experienced sexual misconduct while working in the industry, Derek replied bluntly, “Of course. We need the unveiling of the truth.”ġ0 actress Bo Derek, a 15-year board member of WildAid, spoke of the importance of those within the entertainment industry speaking out about sexual assault. “And if they can be a conduit, a bridge to those who suffered things that they can’t even speak about, then that’s what we need.
And at the same time, those that maybe didn’t suffer such brutal assault can speak out more openly than those that have,” Freeman said.
“You cannot quantify hurt or pain or assault. In this unprecedented watershed moment for sexual assault, not only in the entertainment industry but systemically in our culture, Freeman believes people must “accept this reality” and “stand in the truth and to be uncomfortable.” While she wants to open up more about her personal experience with Piven, she recognizes the women who choose not to come out and that people must have respect for those who “have to bear the burden of what we went through.” And I think people can relate to that side of it.Another Woman Says Jeremy Piven Sexually Assaulted Her And I just think that that playing that kind of despicable person, it’s freeing in a way. You know, there’s limited resources that they’re both going after. We try to just make it about the characters and less about gender in terms of, you know, why do women always have to hate each other? The truth is that Amber and Judy, who they are, would not get along. But we’re also aware that women tend to be pitted against each other. We are so close in real life that getting to have that static on set is fun for us. Edi and I talk a lot about– Edi is like my wife in real life. And we go, like, “I strangely relate to that.” And so strangely cheer it on. The part of us that either does or thinks the really awful things. I think in some ways it represents a part of all of us that very few of us will admit that we have. You know, everyone loves all of these despicable characters that he or his cohorts play. I think that’s almost strangely like an artistic ability that some people have. I think it’s interesting from an artistic point of view for an audience to cheer for the bad guy. How much do you get to shape kind of the character arc of Amber and what’s that like? I’m curious about how much of this is improvised, how much of it is kind of scripted out and planned?. Well, let’s talk about the set because you were obviously on there with a lot of comedy legends. I think half of like being an actor is just being a creep, like watching people and just sitting at like the coffee shop. So I don’t go around worried about my posture in that way or how I’m presenting to the world. And it’s very different than how I hold myself.
Just taking into consideration how women who care and also who have money or who are trying to portray a certain level of class or status, how they hold themselves. I do know what it’s like when a woman really cares about what she looks like, because I’ve lived in Los Angeles. And even though I may not be a part of evangelical or mega church or even Southern charmy kind of environments. I wanted Amber to sort of have her own voice. I try not to base characters I play on people that exist just because I don’t want to get into the realm of like right versus wrong. Not that they don’t have imaginations or your talent doesn’t shine through, but it’s really just nice to see it all together.” And there is a very specific aesthetic to this particular kind of woman. And I was like, “for real?” And she was just like, “yeah, believe me.