Robin Wright speaks out about #Metoo

ROBIN WRIGHT IS happy with the #Metoo movement in Hollywood and hopes things change for the best. Asked about the movement, Wright said: “I am just happy that there is finally a microphone on the voice, so that people wake up and change bad habits. I think it’s great for the whole new generation of kids... Yes, we have always been taught the difference between right and wrong, but we are going to have a new lesson about right and wrong and I think that kind of movement shines a light... Teaching a new way of operating and being decent. We have lost decency.”

Talking about dealing with the crisis with Kevin Spacey’s exclusion from her series House of Cards, Wright said: “The crisis was going on. It was a current affair. Everybody was shocked and alarmed it was hitting the news and multiple things. People were hitting the news on a daily basis and because the climate was so sensitive and hot at the same time. It was a conversation that we all had. Me, the showrunners, Netflix - we said ‘you know what we need to take a pause here, let the dust settle and really digest and do what we do collectively. Let’s decide .... ’ And ultimately, I wanted to continue because we would have put over thousands of people out of employment in the state of Maryland.”

In the current atmosphere in Hollywood, how is it to be an actress? “I don’t know because having tasted the field of directing on House of Cards’ six-year great run, I don’t feel like an actress right now and I am seeking out things to direct more than acting right now.”

We have always been taught the difference between right and wrong, but we are going to have a new lesson about right and wrong and I think that kind of movement shines a light.” Robin Wright