The Berkeley legend was recently asked to address the sexual assault allegations made against Elgort, her co-star in the new remake of ‘West Side Story.’
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 06: Rita Moreno and Ansel Elgort attend SiriusXM’s Town Hall with the Cast of “West Side Story” Hosted By SiriusXM’s Jess Cagle at the SiriusXM Studios on December 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. During her 70-year career in Hollywood, Rita Moreno experienced many of the horrors of the film industry’s sexist culture, including being raped by her agent when she was a struggling teen actor.
The allegations against Elgort surfaced on social media nine months after shooting for the new “West Side Story” wrapped. The actor responded by saying that his relationship with the woman was “brief, legal and entirely consensual.” Moreno was jointly interviewed by the Hollywood Reporter with co-stars Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose, and none of the women shied away from the Elgort question even if all “remain circumspect in their answers.” At media events, Moreno, Zegler and DeBose have all appeared to get along well with Elgort.
Certainly, a lot has changed in how sexual harassment and assault are talked about in Hollywood since the start of the #MeToo movement in 2017. Most women would probably say not enough has changed. “During rehearsals when they were mauling me, I pushed them away and started to cry and I could not stop,” Moreno told Whitaker.
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