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Saoirse Ronan has spoken out about sexual harassment in Hollywood being 'swept under the carpet'
EVERY YEAR, THE Hollywood Reporter gathers together the heavy hitters from the film world for a series of roundtable interviews.
Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Mary J Blige and Emma Stone were chosen for this year’s Actress Roundtable, along with our own Saoirse Ronan.
The conversation was of course heavily centred on the current sexual assault discussion in Hollywood, which Ronan said she was ‘really lucky’ to be protected from.
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“I never was really exposed to what went on at parties, I was never left on my own with anyone,” she said. “My mum and dad were always around.”
She mentioned the story of Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, the model who worked with the NYPD to secure a recording of Harvey Weinstein admitting to groping her:
“The women need to know that there’s support here for them no matter what,” she continued.
Each of the women had lots to say on the subject of gender inequality in the film industry – Jennifer Lawrence told a story about being called ‘unruly’ for standing up to a bullying director:
Jessica Chastain, meanwhile, shared a little about what goes on when actresses are negotiating contracts:
Read the rest of the revealing interview here.
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