Goldie Hawn reveals Harvey Weinstein, Madonna betrayal: ‘Don’t f–k with me’
09.03.2023 - 19:27
/ nypost.com
Cell Block Tango. The Hollywood actress, 77, is blasting the jailed producer, saying he swindled her out of a movie role in the late 1980s. Hawn, 77, told Variety on Wednesday that she and Madonna were set to star in a screen adaptation of “Chicago” produced by Weinstein before he suddenly rejigged the project.
“Harvey basically undermined me and Madonna,” the star stated, saying she had been cast as Velma Kelly, while the “Like A Virgin” singer was attached to play Roxie Hart. At the time, Hawn was in her early 40s. However, before production began, Weinstein suddenly commissioned a new script in which Velma was 23 years old, effectively aging Hawn out of the role.
The star recalled confronting Weinstein after she learned the news. She told Variety: “I said, ‘Don’t f–k with me. Because I know just what you’re doing.
We made a deal.'”While Weinstein never went ahead with having Hawn in the role, he did pay her a salary because she had signed on to star in the project. “You stand up to a bully. And sometimes, you win,” she declared.
“I said to him afterward: ‘You know what the best part of you paying me is? Not the money. You restored my faith in dignity and ethics.’ Little did I know…”Weinstein finally ended up producing the big-screen adaptation of “Chicago” in 2002, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Velma. Zeta-Jones went on to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
Weinstein was once the most powerful producer in Hollywood, famed for making and breaking careers. But in 2017, multiple women came forward saying the movie mogul had raped and sexually assaulted them, sparking his dramatic downfall. Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year jail sentence in New York for his crimes.