Ruth Wilson Didn't Feel Safe on the Set of 'The Affair'
by EG
Ruth Wilson never fully explained why she quit the Showtime series The Affair, but now she's giving hints. Wilson told an interviewer that she didn't feel "safe" on the show's set, and she referenced the #MeToo movement. That gives credence to rumors that she left the series over the nudity and sex scenes she was required to do in her role in the series. Read on for details.
Via The New York Post.
Ruth Wilson has offered further insight into her abrupt 2018 departure from Showtime’s hit series “The Affair.”
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.
“The reason I haven’t gone into ‘The Affair’ is that I haven’t worked out how to discuss it. 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. I did have a voice. I did stand up for myself. There was a situation on ‘The Affair,’ where things didn’t feel right, and I dealt with them, and I managed to protect myself.”
At 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. When asked why, she cited a non-disclosure agreement as preventing her from discussing it, The Post reported at the time.
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. Showrunner Sarah Treem responded with an op-ed calling Wilson difficult and not apologizing.
According to the Wrap, Wilson brought up the #MeToo movement when speaking about her exit.
“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.
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.”
Get the rest of the story at The New York Post.
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