'She Said' Sees Carey Mulligan And Zoe Kazan Play NYT Reporters Who Brought Down Harvey Weinstein: EYNTK
She Said stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as the New York Times reporters who wrote the exposé on Harvey Weinstein that revealed an array of sexual allegations against the now-disgraced American film producer.
The movie, due to be released on November 18, portrays the time in October 2017 when Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor wrote their revealing report that would later see Weinstein punished and the #MeToo movement catapulted into popular consciousness.
As Weinstein awaits a second trial on rape and sexual assault charges, which carry a maximum of 140 years, the trailer for the movie has been released.
Here's everything you need to know about She Said:
What happens in She Said?
The film is based on the New York Times bestseller, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, spotlighting how Twohey and Kantor broke one of the most important stories ever to be told.
It helped to tear down decades of silence masking abuse.
Who stars in She Said?
Mulligan and Kazan will star as investigative reporters Twohey and Kantor, and the likes of Tom Pelphrey (American Murderer), Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects), Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine‑Nine) and Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead) join them.
Who is directing She Said?
The movie is being directed by Maria Schrader, whose other work includes religious drama Unorthodox, mystery horror Fortitude and crime drama Tatort, the latter of which followed the work of police officers in Germany.
Schrader is working from a screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Producers include Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B Entertainment, meanwhile Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle of Annapurna Pictures serve as executive producers
Is there a trailer for She Said?
Yes, and you can watch it above.
'The only way these women are gonna go on the record,' Twohey says in the trailer while driving.
'Is if they all jump together,' Kantor adds while in the passenger seat.
What happened to Harvey Weinstein?
When Twohey and Kantor's exposé was published in the New York Times on 5 October 2017, actors Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd were amongst those to come forward, and several others followed after that. Former model Kaja Sokola also spoke out against the producer, accusing Weinstein of sexually assaulting her when she was 16.
He later issued an apology acknowledging that 'he has caused a lot of pain' but disputed allegations he harassed female employees over a number of years.
He was then sacked by the board of his company, with immediate effect - a decision made 'in light of new information about misconduct'.
A trial began in 2020, and in 2021 Weinstein pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in a Los Angeles court and appeared in a wheelchair after being extradited from New York.
Reporter Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor were the ones to write the initial exposé that would later bring him to justice and accelerate the #MeToo movement.
After an appeal, a New York appellate court upheld Weinstein's rape conviction, denying claims that the judge had prejudiced him by allowing women who weren't part of the criminal case to testify against him.
Then, attorneys agreed a second trial for charges concerning rape and sexual assault would begin Los Angles on June 10.
The latter trial sees him facing 11 charges, from five alleged victims, which carry a maximum of 140 years.
Court documents filed in New York on May 29 2020 allege several sexual offences dating from 1984 to 2013.
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