In a recent chat with The Observer, Rebecca Hall said she doesn’t regret starring in Woody Allen’s ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ despite earlier apology.
Hall worked with Allen on two films: ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ and ‘Rainy Day.’ In 2018, during the #MeToo movement, Hall apologized for working with Allen after Dylan Farrow, Allen’s adopted daughter, accused him of molesting her as a child. Hall said Farrow’s new words made her rethink her choice.
“I struggle with this one,” the actress said when discussing her public apology for working with Allen. “It’s very unlike me to make a public statement about anything. I make the stuff, that’s how I am political. I don’t think of myself as an ‘actor-vist,’ I’m not that person. And, I kind of regret making that statement, because I don’t think it’s the responsibility of his actors to speak to that situation.”
Hall said she felt caught in a mess in 2018 because every interview she did focused on working with Allen and Weinstein. She explained, “Like, in this moment, it’s the most important thing to believe the women. Yes, of course, there’s going to be complications and nuances in these stories, but we’re redressing a balance here.”
“So I felt like I wanted to do something definitive [by making an apology]. But it just became, ‘another person denounces Woody Allen and regrets working with him,’ which is not what I said actually. I don’t regret working with him. He gave me a great job opportunity and he was kind to me,” the actress continued.
Hall added, “I don’t talk to him any more, but I don’t think that we should be the ones who are doing judge and jury on this. My policy actually is to be an artist. Don’t come out and state your stuff so much. I don’t think that makes me apathetic or not engaged. I just think it’s my job.”
Hall’s role in 2008’s ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
