The 'Pride and Prejudice' actress felt the 'weight of responsibility' to the women who fell victim to the disgraced Hollywood producer as she's bringing their story to the screen.
- Nov 6, 2022
AceShowbiz - Carey Mulligan was determined to get the story in her new film "She Said" right due to responsibility to Harvey Weinstein's victims. Starring in the new movie as Megan Twohey - one of the New York Times journalists who exposed the sexual abuse allegations against the disgraced movie mogul, the 37-year-old actress felt the pressure to tell the real story on the picture.
"I think we felt that weight of responsibility, and I felt that on other jobs. I think particularly when you play a real person, you have that, but the stories that we were telling are so real and so recent, and not just to people that were involved in the film, but to viewers, to an audience," Carey told PEOPLE.
"You're aware that this story will impact people who go and see it in the cinema, so I think we all felt like it was a big task and we took it very seriously."
The star revealed how Twohey "gave unfettered access to her life" as she reflected on the rare opportunity to meet with the character she was playing on screen. Carey - who shares children Evelyn, seven, and Wilfred, five, with husband Marcus Mumford - said, "I've never played a person who's still alive."
"I played real people, but I've been reading autobiographies, so this was really exciting, and she's just the coolest person. So I wanted to be her friend, I wanted her to like me."
The "Promising Young Woman" star continued, "Our kids hung out together. We had play dates. She brought her daughter to my son's birthday party, and she was just so generous. She was amazing."
