Penélope Cruzis speaking out about the decades-oldsexual abuse allegations against Woody Allen.
“The only answer that I can give you with common sense that is not about a headline is, the case has to be looked at again,” Cruz toldVanity Fairat the 11th annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at New Jersey’s Liberty State Park on Saturday.
“The important thing is, if there is a case anywhere in the world that isn’t clear, then why not look at it again? I am in favor of that,” she added.
Cruz, who won an Oscar for performance in Allen’s 2008 filmVicky Christina Barcelonaand reunited with the director in the 2012 comedyTo Rome with Love,also said that she wouldn’t make a decision about working with Allen again until she has more information.
“We have a collection of headlines saying this actor would work with him again, and this one said they wouldn’t — this doesn’t change anything,” she explained.
“This doesn’t add anything good to the situation. We’re supposed to believe in justice, and this was looked at years ago, and it’s not clear. It should be looked at again, and then I can give an answer,” Cruz continued.
Meanwhile, the actress’s husband,Javier Bardem, recently told the French publicationParis Matchthat he supports Allen, saying that he is “absolutely not” ashamed to have worked with him on the 2008 filmVicky Cristina Barcelona.
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Bardem, 49, starred in the film alongside Cruz.
Bardem said he had “doubts” over the criticism of Allen for longstanding sexual abuse allegations.
“If there was evidence that Woody Allen was guilty, then yes, I would have stopped working with him, but I have doubts,” Bardem told the outlet.
A New York State Child Welfare investigation at the time found “no credible evidence” Dylan had been “abused or maltreated.”
The Connecticut investigation took a controversial turn when state attorney Frank S. Maco announced in 1993 that despite finding “probable cause” to prosecute Allen, he was dropping the case because Dylan was too “fragile” to deal with a trial.
But in 2013, after Dylanopenedup toVanity Fairabout the alleged molestation, Maco told PEOPLE that Dylan was “traumatized to the extent that I did not have a confident witness to testify in any court setting, whether that’s a closed courtroom or an open courtroom.”
The controversy surrounding Allen made headlines again, last year, after theHarvey Weinsteinsexual harassment accusations rocked Hollywood.
Speaking of the #MeToo movement, Bardem said he is concerned that a divide is growing between men and women.
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Allen also recently spoke about the #MeToo movement, tellingArgentinian news program Periodismo Para Todosthat he is a “big advocate” for the movement and should be its “poster boy.”
Dylan once again came forward with her allegations in the wake of the #MeToo movement,asking why Allen had been spared in the sexual harassment reckoning sweeping Hollywood. Since then, dozens of actors who previously worked with Allen — including Colin Firth, Rachel Brosnahan, Timothée Chalamet, Mira Sorvino and many more —have denounced the directorand pledged not to work with him again.
source: people.com
