New York Daily News

Hundreds call director a perv

- BY ELIZABETH ELIZALDE

HUNDREDS OF women, among them Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore and NBC host Natalie Morales, have come forward to accuse writer and director James Toback of sexual harassment.

Moore and Morales revealed their encounters with the pervy 72-year-old director (photo) after the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that 38 women said they’d been sexually harassed by Toback – who would boast about his movie credits and promise them stardom.

A followup Times report on Monday said 200 more women had been approached by Toback on the streets of Manhattan, where he offered them movie roles and made sexual advances.

“Exact same playbook by James Toback when I encountere­d him near Central Park,” Morales, 45, tweeted.

The “Access Hollywood” host told the Times that she “thought he was just a creep hitting on me with the oldest line in the book.”

Moore said Tuesday that “The Pick-up Artist” director tried to lure her to his place in 1980s New York City.

“#JamesTobac­k approached me in the 80's on Columbus Ave. with the same language — wanted me to audition, come to his apt,” Moore, 56, tweeted.

“I refused. One month later he did it again with the EXACT same language. I said don’t u remember u did this before?” she added.

Toback has vehemently denied allegation­s that he sexually harassed women.

Women included in the Times’ investigat­ion have contacted authoritie­s to file complaints, according to the report.

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