Mia Farrow ‘Fully Understands’ If Actors Work with Ex Woody Allen

Mia Farrow “utterly understands” actors who select to work together with her ex, Woody Allen. 

The actress and activist, 79, appeared on CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday, Sept. 1, and spoke candidly about Allen, 88, with whom she was in a relationship from 1980 to 1992. Farrow appeared in 13 of the filmmaker’s films throughout that point.

After their relationship ended, Allen started relationship and later married Farrow’s adopted daughter Quickly-Yi Previn. Allen was additionally accused of sexual abuse by one other one among Farrow’s daughters, Dylan Farrow, who alleged Allen molested her when she was 7 years previous. Allen was by no means formally charged.

Throughout Sunday’s sit-down, journalist Seth Doane requested Farrow, “Can you separate the expertise as an actor in these movies from the private trials and tribulations that may comply with?” Farrow responded, “Oh yeah, yeah.” 

“I utterly perceive if an actor decides to work with him,” the Rosemary’s Child star added. “I am not one who’d say, ‘Oh, they should not.’ ”

Following Dylan’s sexual assault allegations towards Allen, a number of actors have said they might not collaborate with the Annie Corridor Oscar winner.

Kate Winslet and Drew Barrymore expressed remorse over starring in his films, and artists reminiscent of Colin Firth and Greta Gerwig have said they might by no means work with the filmmaker once more. In 2018 Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Corridor donated their salaries earned from Allen films to the Time’s Up motion.

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In April of this 12 months, on his Membership Random podcast, comic Invoice Maher known as out actors who’ve made such stances and now not need to work with Allen. In 2018, Javier Bardem defended the “genius” Allen on the idea that the filmmaker was by no means convicted of sexual assault, a place the Spanish actor doubled down on in 2021. In 2022, actress Gina Gershon known as Allen’s relationships a “household matter” and “probably not any of our companies.” 

Farrow has beforehand stated that inviting Allen into her household was “the best remorse of my life.” Within the 2021 HBO docuseries Allen v. Farrow, the actress recounted her ex’s relationships with a number of of their kids together with Quickly-Yi Previn. Allen now shares two daughters with Previn, whom he married in 1997.

Alongside longtime buddy LuPone, her present costar within the Broadway play The Roommate, Farrow additionally opened up about her marriage to Frank Sinatra and performing roles for older ladies. “Not many individuals have had Mia’s life,” stated LuPone, 75. 

“I am previous, you already know?” Farrow responded with fun. Of life as of late, she added, “I am superb at doing nothing … I am endlessly entertaining to myself. I’ve good associates. I’ve no complaints.”

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If you happen to or somebody you already know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.