The trailer for a film we’ve been trying ahead to for almost three years is lastly right here: “She Said” tells the story of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twoheys Pulitzer-winning investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s sample of sexual abuse and bullying. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan lead an all-star forged, Maria Schrader (“I’m Your Man”) is the director, and Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida) the screenwriter. “She Said” is predicated on Kantor and Twohey’s bestselling e-book of the identical identify.
In the spot, Jodi (Kazan) discovers the Weinstein allegations whereas following a tip that “the wrongdoing in Hollywood is overwhelming.” As she explains to her colleague and collaborator Megan (Mulligan), “These young women walked into what they all had reason to believe were business meetings. Instead, they say he met them with threats and sexual demands.”
Lots of potential sources and survivors don’t need to converse to Jodi and Megan, not to mention go on the document for his or her article. Some simply don’t see the level. “People have tried to write this story before,” former Weinstein assistant Zelda Perkins (Samantha Morton, “Harlots”) tells the reporters. “He kills it every time.” Unsure of how they may ever persuade the girls Weinstein terrorized to go public, Megan thinks she and Jodi needs to be as forthright as potential. “‘I can’t change what happened to you in the past, but together we may be able to help protect other people,’” she suggests.
And that’s precisely what the real-life Kantor and Twohey did. Thanks in half to their reporting, the #MeToo motion was reignited, sexual harassment is taken extra critically in mainstream tradition, and Weinstein is serving a 23-year jail sentence.
Mulligan and Kazan beforehand collaborated on the household drama “Wildlife.” Mulligan starred and Kazan co-wrote the script.
Mulligan has acquired Oscar nominations for “Promising Young Woman” and “An Education.” Her different credit embrace “Mudbound,” “Suffragette,” and “Inside Llewyn Davis.” Kazan was most not too long ago seen in various historical past miniseries “The Plot Against America.” She snagged an Emmy nomination for her supporting function in “Olive Kitteridge” and wrote and starred in the meta rom-com “Ruby Sparks.”
Schrader received an Emmy for steering the miniseries “Unorthodox.” Germany submitted her most up-to-date characteristic, 2021 sci-fi “I’m Your Man,” as its submission for Best International Film class at the Academy Awards.Also an actress, she has appeared in the “Deutschland” anthology collection, “Fortitude,” and extra.
The screenwriter behind “Colette” and “Disobedience,” Lenkiewicz will make her directorial debut with mother-daughter drama “Hot Milk.” Jessie Buckley (“The Lost Daughter”), Fiona Shaw (“Killing Eve”), and Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread”) are set to star.
“She Said” can be in theaters November 18. Its supporting forged contains Patricia Clarkson (“Sharp Objects”) and Andre Braugher (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”).
