Robert Lindsay claims he confronted Harvey Weinstein over the producer’s romantic advances to Molly Ringwald – and it ruined his movie career
BRIT actor Robert Lindsay has claimed he was booted off Oscar-winning film Shakespeare In Love and blacklisted after he stopped Harvey Weinstein making unwanted advances on co-star Molly Ringwald.
Ringwald claimed Weinstein had over-sexualised her role in the 1990 film Strike It Rich – which co-starred Lindsay. She implied the Brit actor protected her from Weinstein’s advances.
Molly told the , that her close relationship with Lindsay, 67, made it difficult for the Hollywood mogul to pursue her.
And the My Family star has tweeted that he believes the clash ended his film career.
He wrote: “Yes she’s right and because I confronted him he basically halted my film career.
“When I confronted him little did I know the impact on my career. Having been cast in Shakespeare In Love he told the director NO Lindsay.”
The actor also broke his silence on how Weinstein “owned everyone” when he was working on a movie.
He tweeted: “#HarveyWeinstein represented everything I came to hate about movies if he owned a movie he owned everyone in it.
“Thank you everyone for your kind words but let’s not forget money, power and abuse go hand in hand in every profession.”
Robert’s claims come after Game Of Thrones actress is the latest Hollywood star to reveal she was subject to sexual advances from the producer.
Lena Headey said she felt “powerless” after Weinstein made sexual advances towards her.
She claimed he was “furious” after she blocked him and he ordered her not to tell anyone about what had happened.
The mounting allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault and even rape broke out against Weinstein after the published a bombshell investigation containing a wealth of accusations which dated back to 1990.
Gwyenth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie were among the first A-listers to reveal their horrific ordeals after the accounts from the likes of Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan were published.
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