Woody Allen maintains he is innocent, says cancel culture is 'silly'
Filmmaker Woody Allen recently opened up about the cancel culture, his latest movie and more in a new interview.
In Short
- Acclaimed director Woody Allen was previously accused of sexual abuse by his step-daughter Dylan Farrow.
- The director has always maintained that the allegations are baseless.
- In a new interview, Allen also spoke about how he is also considering his retirement.
Controversial filmmaker Woody Allen has been promoting his new French-language movie Coup de Chance. The film premiered first at the Venice Film Festival.
In a new interview to Variety, Allen spoke of the movie and how the effort put into it has made him reconsider retirement. This is Allen's 50th movie.
WOODY ALLEN ON THE ME TOO MOVEMENT
During the conversation, he was also questioned about the allegations placed on him by his step-daughter Dylan Farrow. Claiming it to be false, Allen expressed that he is open to meeting Dylan and her brother and writer Ronan if they so desire.
Allen also gave his take on the Me Too movement and whether he supports it: "I think any movement where there’s actual benefit, where it does something positive, let’s say for women, is a good thing. When it becomes silly, it’s silly. I read instances where it’s very beneficial, where the situation has been very beneficial for women, and that’s good. When I read of some instances in a story in the paper where it’s silly, then it’s foolish."
WOODY ALLEN ON ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
Speaking of his own case, Allen claimed that no evidence of the crime has been found against him, adding, "After long detailed investigations, concluded there was no merit to these charges, that, you know, is exactly as I wrote in my book, Apropos of Nothing. There was nothing to it."
Woody Allen had last directed the 2020 film Rifkin's Festival.
