Monty Python star Terry Gilliam says #MeToo movement has 'got silly
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Monty Python star Terry Gilliam says #MeToo movement has 'got silly'
Image:Terry Gilliam says 'mob rule' has taken over in Hollywood
The 77-year-old branded film producer Harvey Weinstein "a monster" following allegations of misconduct against him but said the movement in Hollywood had morphed into "mob rule".
Speaking about the disgraced filmmaker, Gilliam said there were "plenty of monsters out there... there are other people (still) behaving like Harvey" but said he was exposed after he "made so many enemies".
He said the response in the aftermath of the Weinstein allegations has been "simplistic".
Image:Weinstein has denied all the allegations against him
"People are frightened to say things, to think things," he said. "It is a world of victims. I think some people did very well out of meeting with Harvey and others didn't.
"The ones who did knew what they were doing. These are adults, we are talking about adults with a lot of ambition.
"Harvey opened the door for a few people; a night with Harvey - that's the price you pay... some people paid the price, other people suffered from it."
The American-born British director behind the films Brazil and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas said things had "got silly".
Gilliam said: "People are being described in ridiculous terms as if there is no real humanity left anymore.
"I feel sorry for someone like Matt Damon, who is a decent human being. He came out and said all men are not rapists, and he got beaten to death. Come on, this is crazy."
He said people had now become "frightened to say what they really think".
"I know enough girls who were in Harvey's suites who were not victims and walked out," he said. "It's crazy how simplified things are becoming. There is no intelligence anymore and people seem to be frightened to say what they really think.
"Now, I am told even by my wife to keep my head a bit low. It's like when mob rule takes over, the mob is out there they are carrying their torches and they are going to burn down Frankenstein's castle."
Image:Gilliam says it is 'incredible' that Donald Trump is US President
Gilliam added that the abuse of power had "always happened" and said he thought Hollywood would not change.
"Power always takes advantage, it always does and always has. It's how you deal with power - people have got to take responsibility for their own selves," the filmmaker said.
He said human beings were "physical creatures" and added: "There is touching and there is grabbing, that is the problem.
"I find it funny that (while this is going on) a self-confessed p****-grabber is the President of the US and is just walking around. I find it incredible."
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