Kate Beckinsale recently shared a deeply personal video on Instagram, recounting several instances of harassment and abuse she endured while working on various film sets while supporting Blake Lively.
Lively, who acted and worked under him Justin Baldoni'His direction in the film adaptation of "It Ends With Us" accused him of sexual harassment during production. According to the lawsuit, Baldoni allegedly showed Lively explicit images and videos and made inappropriate inquiries about her personal sex life. The lawsuit further alleges that Baldoni retaliated against Lively after she spoke out, launching a smear campaign intended to damage her professional and personal reputation.
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As more details emerge, more celebrities are speaking out in support of Blake Lively, including Kate Beckinsale, who has shared her troubling experiences.
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Kate Beckinsale reveals the abuse she suffered on set
In a video posted online, Beckinsale recounted an incident in which she was labeled "that bitch" just for talking about a male co-star who was "drunk every day" during filming.
“He was going through something. I have sympathy for that, but I waited, like the crew, for six hours a day for him to learn his lines - the actress recalled. “That means I won't be able to see my daughter in the evening for the entire movie. The studio's response was to give me a bike so I could ride around the studio while I waited. And then, of course, they called me k-nt and bitch. During filming, I was called a 'stupid bitch'.”
She then revealed that there was not one, but two different sets where she "was on such a strict diet and exercise program" that she "lost her period all together."
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Actress Says She Was Forced To Film The Day After She 'Had A Miscarriage'
While working on the action film, Beckinsale shared that she was physically injured by a male co-star during a fight scene. However, when she brought up her injury, she found herself isolated from the rest of the cast.
"There's a certain breed of actor who gets a kick out of being able to legally harm a woman during an argument," the actress explained. "And I was injured, to the extent that the magnetic resonance imaging showed it. I was steamrolled and made to feel like I was the problem, blamed and left out of dinner as soon as I mentioned there was a problem.”
Beckinsale then rejected the claim that she was "forced by a publicist" to film "the day after I had a miscarriage".
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"I said, 'I can't. I'm bleeding. I don't want to go change my clothes in front of people I don't know and have my picture taken. I'm bleeding from a miscarriage,'" she explained. "She said, 'You're going to have to, or you're going to get sued.'"
“This is happening. This has been going on forever. I have 47 million stories like this," said the actress while shedding light on the harassment actresses often face on set. "I was 18 years old and I felt by someone I really trusted in the team. I went to the lead actress, who was known for supporting women, and said this was happening and she said, 'No, it's not.' I went to another actress and said this man had just assaulted me and said, 'No, you weren't'."
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Beckinsale reveals what it's like to be a woman in the industry
She then opened up about how being a woman in the industry doesn't allow you to bring it up because if you do, you're "fucked up."
“It should be; you absorb it, and you're kind of a friend," she said. "It has to stop. I'm grateful to Blake Lively for pointing out that this isn't an archaic problem that nobody faces. This is ongoing. When that happens, the machine kicks in to absolutely destroy you."
Kate Beckinsale full statement
In the caption of her video, Beckinsale further explained that:
"Everyone in ANY industry should be taken seriously and not punished when something terrible happens to them at work - and the difference, I guess, in our industry is that it becomes something that is played out in the public sphere, and that can be very, very difficult take, and because it's so public and so globally public, and very quickly becomes clickbait, it can destroy someone's life, mental health and reputation, and that can be very difficult to recover from."
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She later admitted that "it's very, very, very easy to incite hatred against actresses, as evidenced by transcripts of hate-filled conversations between publicists and the crisis team involved in this case." Beckinsale added that social networks also play a rolesomething that Amber Heard has talked about it before.
We stand with Blake Lively amid the ongoing lawsuit
Towards the end of her lengthy caption, the actress mentioned Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.
"I don't want anyone, male or female, who has a legitimate grievance to have that weapon held against them in any industry, anywhere, and I'm bringing that up with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni because our industry makes things more visible because of the press and the public. deliberately interfere and lead to an opinion which they do not realize is deliberate."
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