Cell Block Tango. The Hollywood actress, 77, is blasting the jailed producer, saying he swindled her out of a movie role in the late 1980s.
Hawn, 77, told Variety on Wednesday that she and Madonna were set to star in a screen adaptation of “Chicago” produced by Weinstein before he suddenly rejigged the project. “Harvey basically undermined me and Madonna,” the star stated, saying she had been cast as Velma Kelly, while the “Like A Virgin” singer was attached to play Roxie Hart.
At the time, Hawn was in her early 40s. However, before production began, Weinstein suddenly commissioned a new script in which Velma was 23 years old, effectively aging Hawn out of the role.
The star recalled confronting Weinstein after she learned the news. She told Variety: “I said, ‘Don’t f–k with me. Because I know just what you’re doing.
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