The name Casey Affleck has always been linked to the surname of another great Hollywood star. Ben, the eldest of the Affleck and winner of two awards for Oscar, was in the focus of public at all times, whether by his charisma, his versatility acting, or by their romance public with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner.
it Was important that if Casey wanted to enter the industry, it would have to be separated from the image of superstar that has his brother. And he did it. After some participations in separate ribbons as "To Die For" (1995), "Good Will Hunting" (1997) and "Chasing Amy" (1997), Casey was consolidated with dramas flattered by critics as "Gerry" (2002), "Gone Baby Gone" (2007), and "The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford" (2007), the latter earned him an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor.
Today the Academy has become to nominate for the drama “Manchester-by-the-Sea” (2016), but this time, the recognition has been overshadowed by allegations of sexual harassment that the actor would have been made during the recording of the 'mockumentary' “I’m Still Here” starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Casey Affleck.
According to Amanda White and Magdalena Gorka, a producer and director of photography of the tape, Casey’s harassed her sexually on repeated occasions and the abused, abusing his position as a director.
White noted that Affleck forced to be a wizard camera to show his penis on a flight despite the fact that she protested the order, and that another opportunity could not enter your hotel room in Costa Rica because Casey and Joaquin were having sex with two women at the other side of the door. Affleck was married by then with the sister of Phoenix, Summer, and has two children with her.
Gorka, for his part, left the film project from a deal that he described in his lawsuit as “the most traumatic of his career”, accusing Affleck and other members of the team to talk openly about your desire to have sex with her. In addition he commented that an opportunity, where the production stayed in an apartment in New York, he was “shocked and disgusted” to wake up with Affleck naked next to her, stinking of alcohol and embracing it. When Gorka forced out of bed by his then chief, it was a furious knocking on the door. The next day, she abandoned the project.
do, CASEY, is INNOCENT?
Casey, who has just won a Golden Globe for his role in “Manchester-by-the-Sea”, denied the allegations made in 2010, he hired the lawyer of celebrity Marty Singer, also known as the “watchdog” of Hollywood, and closed an economic agreement never made public. However, it is speculated that the women wanted to extort the actor, but that has not been confirmed nor has it denied by the complainants or by the legal part, denounced.
During an interview, he defended himself, and pointed out indirectly that their excompañeras were seeking to make some sort of profit. “People say what they want, many times without regard to how to respond,” said Affleck in the magazine “Variety” in November. “I think people think that because you are famous, it is perfectly fine to say whatever,” he added.
Hollywood apparently has not wanted to engage in polemics. Casey has continued to attend the gala awards as if the sex scandal hadn’t nicked his image as a shy guy. Has already won a Golden Globe, the Critics’ Choice and the National Board of Review; and legally, Affleck is innocent. But some critics have pointed out that their connections in the industry and the press have been made that this case does not collapse as a result picture what it will Succumb the Academy to the social pressure and the media?
HOLLYWOOD IN A QUANDARY ETERNAL
this is Not the first time that an artist with many opportunities to win an Oscar is involved in a sex scandal. It happened before with Roman Polanski, who won the statuette in 2003 for "The pianist". Despite having been convicted of sexual abuse of a minor 14 years of age, when he was 43, did not prevent him from obtaining the award for best director. Yes, it was not to receive the award and the viewers were able to avoid the uncomfortable moment.
In 2014, with a nomination for "Blue Jasmine" in tow, returned to the scene the controversial relationship that supposedly was Woody Allen with his step-daughter Dylan Farrow. The young man, through an open letter, he recounted the sexual abuse to which he subjected the moviemaker when she was 7 years old. The complaint was made in 1993, but Allen always denied the accusations. That night they won, but neither attended the ceremony, perhaps to escape a media scandal.
Nate Parker, director, writer and star of "The birth of a nation", was a favorite for the Oscars this year, but has not received a nomination. Recently it was made public a demand for the alleged rape of a friend from university who ended up committing suicide. He came forth acquitted, but the specter of the tragic death haunts him since his movie figure as the darling of the critics. The Academy, in this case, seems to have succumbed to the complaint.
Hollywood seems to be in a dilemma eternal can separate professional achievements in the reprehensible personal life of an artist?
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