Eve says MeToo gave her power to speak up

EVE Hewson has revealed a policeman once looked up her skirt while she filmed a sex scene in a candid interview with online fashion magazine Story + Rain.

The daughter of U2 star Bono and Ali Hewson touched on how the #MeToo movement impacted her past experiences in the acting industry, and insisted that she now has the power to ‘speak up’.

Recalling the shocking incident, the Robin Hood actress said: ‘I had to do a sex scene once outside in a car and the policeman was there to help us film. He kept walking into the shot and looking up my skirt.

‘After a while I got out of the car and went up to him and said, “I know what you’re doing, I see what you’re doing!”

‘I’ve been on set where crew members say things to you, whisper in your ear, follow you around.’

MeToo is a social media movement against sexual harassment which grew following a wave of allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Before the movement, 27-yearold Eve admitted she used to ‘brush off’ situations on set, but now feels like she’s gained ‘the power and needs to speak up’.

‘I’m over it and now I feel like I not only have the power to speak up but I need to speak up,’ she said.

Meanwhile, the Paper Year actress stars in Robin Hood as Marian, the protagonist’s love interest and girlfriend of Will Tillman.

Eve is the second eldest child of Bono, 58, and Ali, 57, who also have daughter Jordan, 29, and sons Elijah, 19, and John, 18.

Although having a rockstar as a father has its advantages, Eve previously told the Toronto Star that it’s been ‘hard’ for her to establish herself from out of his shadow.

She explained: ‘It’s been hard for me to establish myself independent from him, but I do think your work kind of speaks for itself.

‘People respond to you. That all sort of fades away.

‘I’m hoping that happens with Paper Year and with the next few movies that come out.’