Mira Sorvino recalled being blacklisted in the entertainment industry and how her career fundamentally changed after rejecting mega producer Harvey Weinstein.
Mira Sorvino was overcome with emotions while recalling how Harvey Weinstein had a negative impact on her career after she rejected his unwanted advances. During a panel discussion at 90s Con over the weekend, Sorvino remembered soaring in popularity after winning an Oscar for her role in the 1996 film 'Mighty Aphrodite.' 'For a time, I had a lot of wonderful offers and then, my career was stifled by Harvey Weinstein,' Sorvino said.
When I was nominated versus won, there were clauses in my contracts that were present at the time that 'if she wins, she gets this.' But I definitely got more money because I made $10,000 for the film I won the Oscar for. I moved into a different echelon at that point,' she said. 'For me, it was definitely an upgrade in terms of scripts being offered, but I was basically not known before. I mean, it was my 10th film, but I wasn't a household name.
stopped being a viable movie actress,' she said. 'I still did indies and I still did television, but that was very hard.' Sorvino 'didn't know at the time what was happening,' but she was allegedly no longer receiving offers or roles despite her status as an award-winning actress. 'It became, you know, a sort of feeling like fate was just not going on my side, but it was going to be just a matter of time till I was gonna get back my status,' she said.
They call it a chemistry thing or whatever they want to call it. But that is part of what you're bringing to the table. Whether you like that or not, that exists. There was this big flourish of this whole thing and then Harvey Weinstein, thank God, was punished against all odds. But I don't think we've done the cleanup afterwards that we should be doing.'
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