Freida Pinto has joined the growing list of actors who have vowed to not work with Woody Allen again.
“No. Absolutely not,” Pinto told the Guardian in an interview published on Sunday. “I wouldn’t work with him because I’m in solidarity with women who have come out with their stories, whether they are proven or not. I’m just going to stick to what my gut instinct tells me.”
The actress, who played Dia in Allen’s 2010 “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger,” added, “I’m 34 years old, I’ve worked for 11 years in this industry, I’m not desperate and I will never be desperate.”
Allen has long been accused of sexually abusing his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in 1992 when she was 7 years old — allegations that came to light again a few years ago after Farrow penned a piece in the New York Times. The 83-year-old director has repeatedly denied the claims and was not charged. Then, in December 2018, actress and model Babi Christina Engelhardt, now 59, claimed she had an eight-year affair with Allen beginning when she was just 16 years old.
Michael Caine, Hayley Atwell, Colin Firth, Mira Sorvino, Rebecca Hall, Greta Gerwig, Timothée Chalamet, Jeff Daniels and Peter Sarsgaard are among those who say they won’t work with Allen anymore.
However, not all actors are refusing to work with the famed director.
Javier Bardem, who starred in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” said in October 2018 that he would “work with him tomorrow.”
Diane Keaton, Allen’s “Annie Hall” co-star and longtime pal, has also stood by him.
“Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him,” she announced via social media in January 2018.
Alec Baldwin told his followers to unfollow him if his defense of Allen offends them.