The 54-year-old British actress shot to fame after her Oscar-nominated role in 1997’s Good Will Hunting alongside Matt Damon and went on to star in TV series including The Riches and Speechless. In an interview with The Times magazine, she opened up on how she was “completely and utterly vilified” for speaking up about the sexism she faced in the industry before the #MeToo movement opened up the conversation. Driver told the magazine: “You try to find a mechanism that could help you, that you could tell someone, ‘This thing is happening, please help me make it stop, but also help make it stop for that person over there and that woman over there.
'” Instead of receiving support, the actress said she was “completely and utterly vilified for being some sort of ‘whistleblower’. “This idea of ‘causing trouble on the set’ – ‘She called her lawyer.'” She previously told The Times that Harvey Weinstein, whose company Miramax Films distributed Good Will Hunting, had objected to her casting due to her appearance.
The #MeToo era began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against movie mogul Weinstein. Asked if she feels things have improved within the industry, Driver said: “Yes, I do. But not because of some kind of systemic epiphany that men had.
“Rather, because they know that there’s accountability now. “There are actually mechanisms in place (which mean) that kind of behaviour can’t be hidden. “And I think #MeToo put a dent in it, but I just .
