Call Me By Your Name star Timothée Chalamet donates Woody Allen salary to Time's Up campaign
Awards season darling Timothée Chalamet has joined the increasing tide of dissent against Woody Allen by stating that he will donate his fee from working with the director to the Time's Up campaign.
Chalamet, 22, is expected to earn Oscar recognition for his performance in gay romance drama Call Me By Your Name. But he will also appear in forthcoming Woody Allen film A Rainy Day in New York. Actress Rebecca Hall has also donated her fee for the film to Time's Up.
While Allen, 82, has always denied the allegations of sexual assault made by his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow, her claims have taken on a greater resonance in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations and the subsequent #MeToo campaign.
The recently launched Time's Up campaign has been championed and financially supported by stars including Meryl Streep, Ava DuVernay and Emma Stone, and aims to raise millions of dollars to fund legal aid for less fortunate victims of assault.
Chalamet worked with Allen last summer on the film. He said in his statement, which was posted to Instagram, that he's "not able to answer [interview questions] directly because of contractual obligations", but that he doesn't "want to profit from [his] work on the film".
He wrote:
This year has changed the way I see and feel about so many things; it has been a thrilling and, at times, enlightening education. I have, to this point, chosen projects from the perspective of a young actor trying to walk in the footsteps of more seasoned actors I admire. But I am learning that a good role isn’t the only criteria for accepting a job—that has become much clearer to me in the past few months, having witnessed the birth of a powerful movement intent on ending injustice, inequality and above all, silence.
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Chamalet is the latest actor to stand up against Allen. Greta Gerwig, who has won a string of awards nominations for her directorial debut Lady Bird, appeared in Allen's 2012 film To Rome with Love and told the New York Times, "If I'd had known then what I know now, I would not have acted in the film."
Mira Sorvino, who won an Oscar for her performance in Allen's Mighty Aphrodite, wrote an open letter to Farrow in which she said, "I believe you!".
