Weinstein worked as part of a continuum that is often at the core of the “difficult woman” paradigm. As seen with ‘90s darlings like Sciorra, Sorvino and Judd, it wasn’t anything felt by the audiences, but what wasn’t felt by them in regards to their superior, Weinstein. The idea that men are “bosses” and women are “bossy” isn’t new, and the Weinstein issues kicked off the mentality inherent in men who lord their dominance over women.
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Bernardo Bertulucci acknowledged he filmed a violent rape scene in 1972’s " Last Tango in Paris" without the full consent of actress Maria Schneider, and on the set of the 2004 film " Crash" director Paul Haggis didn’t alert actress Thandi Newton that co-star Matt Dillon would touch her inappropriately during an assault scene. Tarantino is just one example of the idea that actresses’ can only act under duress.
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She was “afraid” to do the stunt but was swayed by Tarantino’s “furious” anger to put aside her demands that the stunt be done with a professional driver. In actress Uma Thurman’s recent denouncement of director Quentin Tarantino-where she alleges he placed her in an intentionally dangerous situation to secure a shot-left her conflicted. Since the revelations against Weinstein started it has left people to say, “I always wondered what happened to her.” Before Weinstein’s actions were exposed the common refrain was “I heard they were hard to work with.” Reasons for this title are often vague and inconsistent, and it is only now, in the wake of declarations from actresses like Annabella Sciorra, Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd that the “difficult actress” has a face and is revealed as the facade it has always been.Īctresses put their lives in the hands of (usually) male directors, agents and managers, so the feeling that Hollywood is a boy’s club becomes painfully true, forcing women to play the game or get out.
When it comes to an actress’ stardom, success is never attributed to the individual, but failure is. asked for an exorbitant amount of money.” Sometimes a clear-cut example isn’t even required to give audiences specific unkind thoughts about a star, as evidenced by a 2012 article by author Alexis Rhiannon that chastised actress Anne Hathaway for giving off vibes strong enough to “rub the wrong way.” The unequal gender ratio on film sets leave actresses deciding whether speaking out is worth their career.Ī casual Google search of the term “difficult actress” leads to a litany of lists with arbitrary “reasons” masquerading as logical explanations.
The recent allegations against Hollywood manager Vincent Cirrincione remind people that these issues don’t live and die with CEOs. Actresses rumored to have hit the “casting couch” in their career have been looked down on for their presumed promiscuity, ignoring the issues inherent in these unbalanced power dynamics. The history of Hollywood is the history of male power, with men as gatekeepers at all levels of stardom.
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