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Kate Beckinsale Details Experiences Of Hollywood Misogyny: Being Assaulted At 18, “Forced” By Rep To Do Photoshoot A Day After Miscarriage & More
Kate Beckinsale detailed her experiences of systemic Hollywood sexism in an Instagram video, highlighting the machinations in place to silence women.
In the clip, the Serendipity star said she was assaulted at 18 while on set and subsequently dismissed by two female colleagues, forced to do a photoshoot by her public relations representative a day after she miscarried and subjected to name-calling, ridicule and unhealthy beauty standards. Beckinsale began the video, clocking in at just under five minutes, by stressing that she does not personally know Lively or Baldoni and cannot speak to what allegedly happened on set, but that the situation has “highlighted … this machine that goes into effect when a woman complains about something legitimately offensive, upsetting, harmful, whatever, in this industry.” She also recalled being put in “unsafe fight situations on two different films with two different actors,” saying that she’s worked with men who get “kind of a thrill” out of actually harming women on set during stunt actions, to the point where she had “MRIs proving” injury.
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