multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior
Yeesh. Despite what people tell you, I’m not jumping on some “cancelled” bandwagon. Instead, I’m reacting to his obviously gross behavior. Even giving him the benefit of the doubt:
- He admitted he had (again, multiple) inappropriate relationships with students. I would also argue these involved a power disparity…
- multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior
- He settled these cases, paying out millions to the accusers
- Apparently, good guy Seth Rogan wants nothing to do with him
Obviously, we’ll probably never know anything for sure, but the choices he made, the dishonestly he’s shown, and the lack of contrition… I just don’t think I’d enjoy anything he’s in.
Eeeeh. Not in the tier of Jared Leto, but definitely in the tier of “why does he keep getting jobs, plenty other actors with skills equal to or greater than his who won’t sexually assault their colleagues”.
Those actors either aren’t desperate enough to do a movie as pointless as a Rambo presequel or don’t carry the name recognition. It may surprise you to learn that a huge amount of consumers are completely unaware of Franco’s controversy.
I would think it’s not just people avoiding his movies because he’s a sexual assaulter, but the studios too. If I’ve got a several hundred million dollar project, I’m not going to make a known serial assaulter the face of it. I’m not going to want to be in any way liable if he assaults his female coworkers, I don’t want to roll the dice that the public won’t turn against him when more allegations start coming out. Not when there are other perfectly bankable stars who aren’t confirmed sexual assaulters.
He’s a proven liability and one would think studios would want to avoid him and keep their investment safe.
The Weinstein class is having a bit of a renaissance
