Wilson - who won a Golden Globe for her role in “The Affair” - is starring in the TV adaption of the children’s book trilogy “His Dark Materials.” “It was before #MeToo and before Harvey Weinstein - and yet my instincts were very clear and strong about what I felt was wrong, about what was going on, and what I didn’t feel safe about,” she told Stylist, which has an abbreviated version of the story online. “By this point, it wasn’t a surprise as we had been disagreeing on the character’s choices since the second episode.”Īccording to the Wrap, Wilson brought up the #MeToo movement when speaking about her exit. “Ruth Wilson, who was playing Alison, didn’t approve of the scene and didn’t want to play it as written,” Treem wrote in the piece. Showrunner Sarah Treem responded with a op-ed detailing the difficulties she experienced working on an “aggressive, but consensual, sex against a tree” scene with Wilson. Then, in late 2019, a Hollywood Reporter story reported crew member accounts of a “hostile work environment” on the set regarding the handling of the show’s nudity and sex scenes.
Ruth Wilson in Season 1 of “The Affair” ©Showtime Networks Inc./Courtes When asked why, she cited a non-disclosure agreement as preventing her from discussing it, The Post reported at the time. There was a situation on ‘The Affair,’ where things didn’t feel right, and I dealt with them, and I managed to protect myself.”Īt the time of her exit from the show - which, as its name suggests, is about two sexual affairs - it was considered to be under mysterious circumstances. There’s a lot of noise and anger surrounding it, and really the power rests with me to choose how I discuss my life and my experiences,” Wilson said. “What’s important to say is that I did speak up.
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“The reason I haven’t gone into ‘The Affair’ is that I haven’t worked out how to discuss it. The 38-year-old actress said she “didn’t feel safe,” according to the Wrap, citing an interview with UK-based Stylist Magazine published Tuesday.
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