The stars of 1968’s ROMEO AND JULIET have sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million over a nude scene they shot when both were underage. The best way to combat these dark practices is to shine light on the victims’ stories. Even with the “MeToo” movement, Lawrence’s experience is all too common among men and women in the industry. The expectation for young actors to endure sexual abuse and harassment and abuse has always plagued Hollywood. “Why? Because he’s a man that represents masculinity, and I think our society is less ready to hear that situation going on with men than they are with women.” Rather than be celebrated for speaking out, Crews was mocked by the media for allowing himself to be harassed. Crews sued the agency and settled the lawsuit with Venit leaving WME. In 2017, Terry Crews accused WME agent Adam Venit of molesting him at a 2016 party, alleging that the agent squeezed his genitals.
While his experience is not abnormal among men in the acting space, he believes there is a double standard that keeps men from publicly talking about their experience with sexual harassment. Lawrence believes that his refusal to comply with the director explains why his agency fired him soon after. “He needed to take Polaroids of me and then if I did X, Y and Z, I would be the next Marvel character.” “ lost my agency because I went to the hotel room – which I can’t believe they would send me to – of a very prominent Oscar award-winning director who showed up in his robe, asked me to take my clothes off,” he recalled. “Now granted, I’d say probably a third of what women go through… men go through this as well.” “Not a lot of guys, in my opinion, have come out and talked about in the industry,” Lawrence said. On a recent podcast with his brothers, Matthew Lawrence opened up about the harassment he has faced throughout his acting career and the double standard between men and women in the industry. Matthew Lawrence on the Double Standard in the Media’s Response to Sexual Harassment
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