Kate Beckinsale details being “assaulted” and “felt up” on film sets: “I was made to feel like I was the problem”

nme.com:

Kate Beckinsale has said she has been “assaulted” and “felt up” on film sets in the past, and was made to feel like “I was the problem”.The Underworld star posted a video on social media on Monday (December 30), in which she explained that she was choosing to come forward with her experiences as a result of the ongoing Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni allegations.Lively sued her It Ends With Us co-star and director Baldoni last week, accusing him of sexual harassment and conducting a smear campaign against her.

He denies the allegations and is now reportedly planning to produce a counterclaim against Lively.Beckinsale said that while she has never met either actor, she has been “following the situation”, which she believes shines a light on “this machine that goes into effect when a woman complains about something legitimately offensive, upsetting, harmful, whatever, in this industry”.She goes on to lay out some of her own first-hard memories of such situations, sharing: “At the age of 18, [I was] felt up by somebody that I really trusted on a crew.

Went to the lead actress, who’s known for being a supporter of women, and said this has happened and was told, ‘No, it didn’t.’ I went to another actress, crying, and said I’d just been assaulted by this man and again told, ‘No, you haven’t been.’”A post shared by Kate Beckinsale (@katebeckinsale)She went on to describe “unsafe situations” she has experienced while shooting action scenes. “There’s a certain kind of actor who gets kind of a thrill out of legally being able to harm a woman during a fight sequence.

And I was harmed, to the point where there were MRIs proving it. And actually what happened was I was gaslit and made to feel like I was the problem, blamed and ostracised.