Kate Beckinsale has claimed her “wig and costume were torn” when an actor was “rough to her” as she detailed her experience working on the “toxic” Pearl Harbor set.
In the wake of Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, Kate, 51, has shared her harrowing experiences in Hollywood.
After revealing that she was “forced to do a photo shoot while bleeding after suffering a miscarriage,” Kate went on to share information about her time working in the industry and how she was “outed” for complaining about her ordeal at Pearl Harbor.
The Underworld star shared the details in response to a fan who questioned his comments about a ‘drunk co-star’ and asked if it was Ben Affleck.
Kate was quick to note that Ben was not the actor in question, writing: “Ben Affleck protected me on an extremely toxic film set and could not have behaved more respectably.
“I’m not going to go into more detail about who was or was not because, frankly, the most problematic part has not been the actors, but that reporting a problem or abuse has resulted in a punishment greater than one could imagine.
Kate Beckinsale has claimed her “wig and costume were torn” when an actor was “rough to her” as she detailed her experience working on the “toxic” Pearl Harbor set.
The actress starred in the World War II epic alongside Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, and shared how she was ‘outed’ for complaining about her experience on the set of the film.
“That’s the point: everyone asks why you didn’t tell someone. Generally, we’ve told our agents or managers and the head of the studio, and this has also usually been witnessed by 30 to 100 people and in one incident in particular when the actor was so rough with me that he destroyed part of my costume and split my wig in half, not to mention covered me in bruises, left me breathless and scared me to death.’
“Everyone was incredibly worried, they turned off the TV for several hours and were really worried and upset.
‘As soon as I called the studio director, my mother urged me to do it because my instinct was not too much… as soon as I complained, everything changed and I was punished, excluded and I couldn’t have wanted more. “I hadn’t said anything that was fair or wrong (and) the only reason I made this video in the first place.”
Kate detailed her own experiences in Hollywood in a candid Instagram video on Sunday, where she said Blake’s lawsuit has highlighted what really goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood and said she is grateful to the star for speaking out.
Speaking about one of her traumatic experiences, Kate said a publicist told her she would “be sued” if she didn’t appear in the photo shoot.
She said: ‘A publicist I was employing forced me to do a photo shoot the day after I had a miscarriage.
‘I said, ‘I can’t.’ I’m bleeding. I don’t want to go change my clothes in front of people I don’t know and do a photo shoot.
‘I’m bleeding from a miscarriage.’ She told me, ‘You’re going to have to do it or they’re going to sue you.’
Kate shared information about her time on the set of Pearl Harbor, while denying that Ben was the “drunk” actor she had referred to in her previous social media post.
Kate detailed her own experiences in Hollywood in a candid Instagram video on Sunday, where she said Blake’s lawsuit has highlighted what really happens behind the scenes.
She also revealed that she was once labeled a ‘c*** and ab****’ because she complained when she had to wait six hours for her ‘drunken co-star’ to show up at work.
In another experience, Kate said she was forced to follow a strict diet in two different movies in which she missed her period twice.
She added: “In one movie they put me on such a strict diet and exercise program that I lost my periods completely – that has happened twice.”
Kate insisted that it has been ‘I was gaslit and made to feel like I was a problem, blamed and excluded within the industry.
The Pearl Harbor star claimed that he has around “47 million stories” similar to the experiences he shared after his days on movie sets.
She urged: “I’m grateful to Blake Lively for highlighting that this isn’t some archaic problem that no one is dealing with; this continues.”
In her post, Kate revealed that she was “forced to do a photoshoot while bleeding after suffering a miscarriage.”
And then when it happens, a machine is activated to destroy you completely. And I’m sure that’s the case in other industries as well, and it just has to stop.”
Alongside the long video, Kate emphasized in her caption: “Everyone in EVERY industry should be taken seriously and not punished when something egregious happens to them at work.”
“And the difference, I guess, in our industry is that it becomes something that takes place in the public sphere, and that can be very, very difficult to accept, and because it is so public and so globally public, it very quickly becomes becomes clickbait, it can also destroy a person’s livelihood, mental health and reputation and it can be very difficult to recover from that…
“I’m not trying to say ‘poor actresses, we all have it so hard,’ but I think this is an issue that affects every industry, it’s just a little more visible in ours.
“And I don’t want our younger generation of actresses to face the same things that all of us face and suffer, but have it even worse because of social media and how it can be weaponized on a literally nuclear level, designed to eviscerate.
‘And it is very, very, very easy to foment hatred against actresses, as can be seen from the transcripts of revulsion-filled conversations between the publicists and crisis team involved in this case.
“Complaining about abuse should not lead to more abuse, particularly at work, where inviolable safeguards should exist, and should not be expected of women who have been hurt, insulted, harmed, shamed or otherwise abused (mainly with at least (at least 100 witnesses) have to be ‘one of the boys’ and receive the punishment or face retaliation for being abused in the first place.
“I don’t want anyone, man or woman, who has a legitimate grievance to have it weaponized against them in any industry, anywhere, and I mention this in association with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni because our industry makes things right.” more visible because the press and public become deliberately involved and are led towards an opinion that they do not realize is deliberate.
Last week, Blake, 37, filed a legal complaint against Justin, 40, alleging that he sexually harassed her on the set of his movie before orchestrating a smear campaign against her with his publicists after she complained of his alleged behavior.
In Lively’s legal complaint, which typically precedes a formal lawsuit, Lively accused Baldoni of sexually harassing her during production of the film in multiple ways.
“There are too many victims of this, many of whom I know personally, and it is truly up to both the men and women of our industry to be a part of eradicating this for good.” Also, yes, I’m covered in cat hair.’
Last week, Blake, 37, filed a legal complaint against Justin, 40, alleging that he sexually harassed her on the set of his movie before orchestrating a smear campaign against her with his publicists after she complained of his alleged behavior.
In Blake’s legal complaint, which typically precedes a formal lawsuit, she accused Justin of sexually harassing her during the film’s production in multiple ways.
Blake said in the legal complaint that Justin had broken into her trailer while she was breastfeeding her son; spoke about his past addiction to adult films; discussed past sexual experiences with non-consensual implications; and they questioned her about details of her “intimate life.”
Blake’s legal team said in the complaint that Justin “routinely demeaned her by finding secondary ways to criticize her body and weight.”
In response to Blake calling out the alleged behavior, the actress claims Justin hired a crisis PR team to engage in a “multi-level” scheme to “destroy” her reputation after she and Ryan Reynolds, 48 years, complained of “repeated sexual abuse.” harassment and other disruptive behavior’ on set.
“I hope that my legal action will help uncover these sinister retaliation tactics to harm people who report misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted,” Blake told the New York Times.
Justin has denied all claims against him in Blake’s legal filing.