Michelle Williams has admitted she will never forget Saturday 13 January, the day that Mark Wahlberg donated $1.5 million to the Times Up movement in her name.
‘Today isn’t about me. My fellow actresses stood by me and stood up for me, my activist friends taught me to use my voice and the most powerful men in charge, they listened and they acted,’ said Williams in a statement following days of backlash towards Wahlberg.
It was confirmed that Wahlberg’s agent had demanded a fee for the actor to reshoot key scenes for All The Money In The World, reshoots which director Ridley Scott decided were needed to replace disgraced actor Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in wake of the sexual harassment allegations.
Williams and Scott worked for free, receiving $80 a day per diem.
‘If we truly envision an equal world, it takes equal effort and sacrifice,’ added Williams.
‘Today is one of the most indelible days of my life because of Mark Wahlberg, WME and a community of women and men who share in this accomplishment. Anthony Rapp, for all the shoulders you stood on, now we stand on yours.’
Rapp was the first to discuss his claims against Spacey at the end of October in light of the accusations of sexual assault aimed at Harvey Weinstein.
He alleged that at a party in the 80s when Rapp was 14, a drunk Spacey, then in his 20s, attempted to seduce Rapp.
The Star Trek: Discovery actor claimed: ‘He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don’t, like, squirm away initially, because I’m like, “What’s going on?” And then he lays down on top of me. ‘He was trying to seduce me. I don’t know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually.’
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