Mulligan to play scribe who broke Weinstein story
Actor Carey Mulligan is set to star as Megan Twohey, one of the journalists who exposed producer Harvey Weinstein, in an upcoming film. The role of the other reporter, Jodi Kantor, will be played by actor Zoe Kazan, according to Variety.
The film, She Said, is based on New York Times’ sexual harassment investigation against Weinstein, which kicked off the #MeToo movement.Mulligan and Kazan are in final negotiations to play Twohey and Kantor, the authors of the book She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement.
The upcoming film will focus on Twohey and Kantor’s work to uncover the widespread sexual harassment and assault allegations over several decades against Weinstein, who was eventually sentenced to 23 years in prison.Kantor and Twohey broke the first story on October 5, 2017, and produced a series of stories thereafter, as more females came forward.