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'I Want You to Believe You Will Die': Vincent Gallo Made Auditions Hell, Women Say

In ‘The Policeman,’ Gallo plays the Golden State Killer. Two women say they reported the actor to SAG because of what happened during their auditions.

Jane*, another actress who auditioned to play one of the serial killer’s victims in The Policeman, written and directed by Jordan Gertner and co-starring James Franco, also told Rolling Stone they issued a complaint to SAG because of sexual and explicit comments made by Gallo. Since the #MeToo movement in Hollywood picked up steam in 2017, intimacy coordinators have been increasingly utilized on the sets of film and television productions in order to ensure the safety of performers required to be nude and/or simulate sex scenes. “Some people find it easier than others, but it’s still a difficult thing to do, and when someone’s asked to do something in the moment that they’re not comfortable with and they say no, they are going to absolutely worry about retaliation, imagined or otherwise,” says Dulany, who also played a role in pushing forward the inclusion of protections around intimacy coordinators in the new SAG contract.

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