Carey Mulligan felt 'weight of responsibility' for character and Weinstein victims in She Said

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Carey Mulligan plays one of the two New York Times journalists who exposed the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein in the new film She Said.And in a recent interview at the Los Angeles premiere, the British actress confessed to feeling a 'weight of responsibility' to do her real-life character justice, as well as the victims of Weinstein.It tuns out this is the first time Mulligan has ever played a person who is still alive.

Heavy role: Carey Mulligan, 37, confessed she felt the 'weight of responsibility' playing one of the two New York Times journalists who exposed the sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein while shooting the biographical drama film She Said; actress is pictured at premiere of She Said in London on October 14The Oscar-nominated actress portrays Megan Twohey, who along with her NYT colleague Jodi Kantor, played by Zoe Kazan, broke the Weinstein story in 2017.Their investigative work ended up exposing the powerful film producer's history of abuse and sexual misconduct against women, which is said to have gone on for three decades.

The allegations also served as a catalyst for the burgeoning #MeToo movement and eventually resulted in Weinstein being sentenced to 23 years in prison, although he could be facing more prison time with a new trial in Los Angeles and more sexual assault charges in London.Directed by Maria Schrader from a screenplay written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said is based on the book of the same name by the two journalists that was released in 2019.

In She Said, Mulligan (left) plays Megan Twohey and Zoe Kazan portrays Jodi Kantor, the two journalists who broke the Weinstein story in 2017 and then chronicled their investigative work in a book of the same name.