Timothée Chalamet Is Donating His Salary From A Woody Allen Film To Time’s Up
"I am learning that a good role isn't the only criteria for accepting a job."
Lady Bird and Call Me By Your Name actor Timothée Chalamet has announced that he will be donating the salary from his upcoming Woody Allen film Rainy Day In New York to charity.
The 22-year-old actor sent the statement out via his Instagram account in a response to recent interviews in which he was accused of failing to satisfactorily answer questions about his involvement in the project.
After being a vocal supporter of the Time’s Up movement, he was criticised for dodging an answer on how his views align with working with Woody Allen, who has been accused of sexual assault by Dylan Farrow, his adopted daughter. In a red carpet interview with CNN, his responding to queries about by saying “but that’s not the time to talk about it right now.”
what's even WORSE about this situation is he deadass got asked about how he felt about working with a KNOWN sexual predator and he gave some half ass response "well i'm not going to go into that right now" and "people would be mad if i responded"
— h ? (@thesoundmp3) January 12, 2018
uh… what does he think "Time's Up" MEANS?
— Lily C. (@lilyroseroxanne) January 12, 2018
In his statement, the actor says that he is unable to answer the question directly due to contractual obligations, but that he has changed how he sees many things over the past year, and that he is learning that a “good role isn’t the only criteria for accepting a job”.
Chalamet is instead donating his salary from the movie to three charities: Time’s Up, The LGBT Centre in New York, and RAINN, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. He has been joined in his efforts by co-star Rebecca Hall and actor Griffin Hall, who are also donating their salaries from the film. Hall wrote on her Instagram that she had immediately said yes to being casted in the Allen film, but now regrets it:
“I regret this decision and wouldn’t make the same one today”.
You can read Timothée Chalamet’s full statement here:
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Patrick Lenton is a Junkee staff writer, and author.