Isaacs praises ‘heroes’ first to speak out about film industry harassment

Actor Jason Isaacs has praised the “heroic” people who were the first to speak out against sexual harassment in the film industry.

The Harry Potter star particularly lauded his Star Trek colleague, Anthony Rapp, who recently made allegations of misconduct against Oscarwinner Kevin Spacey, kicking off a string of complaints against the actor.

Isaacs told ITV’S Lorraine: “[Anthony] is a very lovely guy and he did this thing by himself before many other people.

“He heard many rumours, 0 Jason Isaacs has praised his colleagues in the film industry he hoped that other stories would come out in a couple of days, but they didn’t, and now they have. Now there’s a whole flood of them. It’s all down to him and we are all incredibly proud. Speaking out against power takes a lot of guts and the first person to speak out is heroic.”

His comments came days after Rapp, 46, publicly shared an account of a historical experience with Spacey, where he claimed that the star behaved in a sexually inappropriate way towards him.

Following Rapp’s account, Spacey tweeted an apology, and sparked criticism for announcing he had chosen to “live as a gay man” in the same statement.

Rapp’s story has since been followed by similar allegations from other male actors.