Crew member reveals how she was bullied on set by an Oscar winning producer and director.
The film industry looks glamorous. You are creating art in order to entertain millions upon millions of people. But, behind the scenes of some of the biggest movies there’s a dark and evil side. An aspect that many production assistants, producers, and crew members try to sweep under the carpet. But, one crew member, Holly Raychelle Huges a former production coordinator in several Hollywood movies and TV shows reveals how she was abused on set by an Oscar Winning director and producer.
Holly explains how she was sexually harassed in front of the entire crew one day at work by the assistant director.
George hoisted me up on top of a plastic picnic table in the middle of the front office and began dry-humping me. He pinned me in place as the table legs scooted back against the wall with his bodily force. The front doors opened, letting the fall chill my exposed skin.
He was laughing. They were all laughing.
Holly also points out how producers and directors used her to break rules and regulations and often times throwing her under the bus. In one instance, the movie’s producer asked her to commit fraud in order to make actors work longer hours.
Jake asked me to forge SAG sheets, changing the working hours of actors. I told him no. He threatened me to get me to do it. I said no. He said the producers didn’t want to get in trouble. But they had no issue with hammering me down.
“Just do it,” he insisted. “We’ll get in big trouble.”
Holly also points out how she was humiliated in front of her whole family on set of the movie. “Mom saw how they treated me, how I let myself be dismissed. She saw how small I’d become.” But, it doesn’t stop here. Holly explains that after a crafty truck crashed and killed a teenager on set of a movie, she realized she couldn’t handle the pressure of Hollywood.
I lost my taste for the business and all the belittling I endured. How could a movie be more important than the people working on it? The idea that I had to know more and be tougher because I was a woman didn’t feel right.
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Via XOJane
