Léa Seydoux has joined an ever-growing list of women who have accused
Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment.
The Spectre actress
revealed she had to defend herself after the film director allegedly jumped
on her and tried to kiss her.
The French star, who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for Blue Is
The Warmest Colour, said the movie mogul stared at her "as if I was a piece
of meat".
Writing in the Guardian, she said: "We met in the lobby
of his hotel. His assistant, a young woman, was there. All throughout the
evening, he flirted and stared at me as if I was a piece of
meat.
"He acted as if he were considering me for a role. But I knew
that was bulls**t. I knew it, because I could see it in his eyes. He had a
lecherous look. He was using his power to get sex.
"He invited me
to come to his hotel room for a drink. We went up together. It was hard to
say no because he's so powerful. All the girls are scared of him.
"Soon, his assistant left and it was just the two of us. That's the moment
where he started losing control.
Lea continued: "We were talking
on the sofa when he suddenly jumped on me and tried to kiss me. I had to
defend myself. He's big and fat, so I had to be forceful to resist him."
She
says when she left his room she was digusted, but not afraid because she
always knew what kind of character he was.
The actress added that she had seen Weinstein hitting on women
on numerous occasions since then, sharing: "Everyone could see what he was
doing".
Léa says the only reason he has managed to stay this
successful and at the top of his game is because of how powerful he is.
The
actress also revealed she had similar experiences with other men in the film
industry, citing one director who told her he wanted to have sex with her
and another who lingered over long sex scenes, filming them over days and
"replaying the scenes over and over again in a kind of stupor".
