Naomie previously explained that she wanted to open up about her experience of sexual harassment to show how the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements had changed the landscape in the movie business and given female performers the courage to expose this type of behavior.
She said: “It wasn’t a kind of decision where I was like, ‘Now, I’m going to share my story because I had hidden it for so long … ‘ It was a real celebration of the fact that I feel as though things have moved on so dramatically since when I first started in this industry. In my 20s, when that incident happened, I didn’t feel there was anybody I could tell about it.”
“I spoke to other actresses and my fellow actresses all experienced something of that kind … It was always expected. We were expected to kind of develop this resilience … Now, I know the culture has completely changed … Consequences happen. I’m really excited about the change.”
#MeToo is an anti-sexual assault movement, while Time’s Up is about equality for women.
