Olivia Wildewants to share her perspective on herRichard Jewellcharacter.
Now, Wilde is wading into the conversation directly on social media.
Wilde expressed her respect for her character and for journalists at large.
Warner Bros.
Wildes parents are both award-winning journalists.
Contrary to a swath of recent headlines, I do not believe that Kathy traded sex for tips.
Nothing in my research suggested she did so, and it was never my intention to suggest she had.
That would be an appalling and misogynistic dismissal of the difficult work she did, Wilde noted.
Its a misunderstanding of feminism to assume that all women have to be sexless.
I resent the character being minimized to that point.
Wilde concluded by expressing how her views might differ from others on the project.
For his part, directorClint Eastwoodstands by the films implications.
Theres only so much research you could do.
You cant live inside the people because they no longer exist, he said.
We know as much as anybody knows.
It could have certainly happened this way.
I think the feeling is that it sorta came out of nowhere.
This project has been around for about 5 years.
It was a very famous screenplay.
It had [Leonardo DiCaprio] attached to it at some point, he said.
They could have done their digging.
TheAJCs claims are baseless and we will vigorously defend against them.
Neither Warner Bros. nor Eastwood immediately responded to EWs request for further comment.
