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Wallace Shawn and Gina Gershon are standing by Woody Allen.
The two performers are starring in “Rifkin’s Festival,” which tells the tale of a retired film studies professor (Shawn) who accompanies his publicist wife (Gershon) to the San Sebastián Film Festival in Spain.
While the film premieres on Friday, it has always been marked with controversy as it was written and directed by the filmmaker, who was previously accused of sexually abusing his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.
In November, Shawn wrote an open letter for TheWrap.com directed at his Hollywood peers detailing why he’s still willing to work with Allen, 86.
WALLACE SHAWN DEFENDS WORKING WITH WOODY ALLEN: ‘I FELT A GREAT RESPECT FOR HIM’
Wallace Shawn (left) previously wrote an op-ed about why he’s choosing to still work with Woody Allen.
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“I feel it’s a terrible injustice that is happening in that Woody is not being honored and showered with gratitude for a lifetime of improving people’s lives by making wonderful films,” Shawn, 78, told Fox News. “I have deep sympathy, although they might not see it this way, even affection for all the Farrows, but I don’t actually think that Woody is guilty of the crime that he was accused of.”
“I know his daughter believes the story that she’s telling,” the “Princess Bride” star shared. “She’s sincere in believing it, but I think it didn’t happen as she remembers it. I mean, the story that she tells, I don’t think it happened. So I do think it’s terrible that actors have turned their backs on Woody and denounced him. That’s why I wrote that article.”
The allegations, made by Dylan Farrow when she was 7 years old, were first reported during Allen’s 1992 split from actress Mia Farrow. Two separate investigations were conducted in the 1990s, and Allen wasn’t charged. Dylan Farrow, now 36, has maintained that she was abused, and her allegations have been embraced in the #MeToo era.
Mia Farrow (left) and her…
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