‘She Said’ Star Carey Mulligan on Playing the Reporter Who Took Down Harvey Weinstein: ‘I Was Terrified the Whole Time’

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Antonio Ferme editor In 2017, investigative journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor exposed Harvey Weinstein’s numerous sexual assault scandals and the Hollywood system that enabled him.

Five years later, the story behind the influential New York Times report is being told on screen. At the worldwide premiere of “She Said” at the New York Film Festival, director Maria Schrader explained why she believes this story “deserves to be seen on the big screen.” “Hollywood has the duty to tell the really vital stories of our times,” Schrader told Variety on Thursday night. “It’s not about just the wrongdoings of one person but a whole system protecting him.

This is something we can find in any kind of industry and even small businesses.” Twohey and Kantor — played by Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan, respectively — walked the red carpet and praised Schrader’s film adaptation of their story. “There are some movies and whatnot in which journalists are shown as opportunists,” Kantor told Variety. “The most important thing for me is that I wanted the sincerity both of the journalism and the sources to be portrayed.” Twohey added, “We’re so grateful to be in this great line of movies like ‘Spotlight’ and ‘All the President’s Men.’ I think that this [film] is a love letter for journalism.

It takes you into the literal New York Times newsroom and shows all of the extremely hard work that goes into getting a story like this — all the challenges that you face, but also how incredibly rewarding it can be.” During a panel discussion after the screening in Alice Tully Hall, Mulligan reflected on “the daunting prospect to play someone real.” “And then to play such real heroes of our society,” she said, “I was terrified the whole time — and I