Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal spoke out on the misconduct allegations against James Franco on Tuesday, saying she takes them 'very seriously' - but also that everyone on the set of their HBO show The Deuce feels 'totally respected by him'.
Talking to Sway Calloway on his daily radio show Sway in the Morning on SiriusXM, Gyllenhaal, 40, explained how, as a producer on the The Deuce, she felt compelled not to ignore the allegations against Franco when they broke in January.
As a result she asked all the women on the set whether they felt comfortable with him - which they all did.
Her intervention comes just one day after Busy Philipps, who starred in the 1999-2000 sitcom Freaks & Geeks with Franco, claimed he assaulted and bullied her on set.
Producer and actor Maggie Gyllenhaal spoke to Sway Calloway on his daily radio show Sway in the Morning on SiriusXM about the allegations of sexual misconduct against James Franco
'I felt it was my responsibility to do the opposite of ignore it,' Gyllenhaal said of the spate of allegations against Franco that broke earlier this year.
'At the time that the accusations against James came out in the LA Times, we read them all, we took them very seriously.
'We spoke to every woman on the crew and in the cast to find out if they felt respected and what their experience of working with James was and everyone said that they had been totally respected by him.'
Gyllenhaal went on to say how she felt cancelling the hit show would have been the wrong reaction - given misogyny is the entire premise of the plot.
'Another thing that was really important was our show is about misogyny,' she explained.
Gyllenhaal backed Franco, saying although she believed in 'consequences for disrespecting or assaulting women', he seemingly had not done so while she had worked with him on The Deuce
In The Deuce James Franco plays Vincent Martino and Frankie Martino, twin brothers from Brooklyn operating out of Times Square who become fronts for the Mob
'It's about transactional sex. It's about inequality in the entertainment business. You couldn't be more at the center of that conversation than The Deuce.
'To me, I thought, "I want to keep telling this story. I want to keep playing Candy and going deep into what it's like from a woman's perspective to be dealing with all the stuff that is on everybody's minds right now. I want to put it on TV"
'I think I would have been so sorry not to be able to keep doing that and also not to be able to watch Emily Meade, who plays Lori, keep doing that [and] to watch Dominique, who plays Darlene, keep doing it and to watch all of these women who are creating these incredible characters that are taking it on straight on,' she continued.
'I feel like it would've been the wrong consequence to those accusations to shut our show down. It would've been, like, the opposite of the right thing to do.
'And yet I believe that there should be consequences for disrespecting or assaulting women. Of course I do.'
Maggie Gyllenhaal, 40, in HBO's The Deuce - which she produces and stars in alongside James Franco
Gyllenhaal (L) says she consulted every woman in the cast and crew of The Deuce and they all said they were comfortable working with James Franco
Only yesterday actor Busy Philipps claimed that James Franco assaulted her on the set of 1999-2000 TV sitcom Freaks & Geeks, writing in her forthcoming book that the actor physically attacked in front of the cast and crew.
She makes the claim inThis Will Only Hurt a Little, out October 16, claiming he aggressively pushed her to the ground in reaction to a scripted gesture he apparently didn't like.
Philipps writes that she was directed to gently hit Franco on the chest as she delivered a line but he broke character and shouted at her before shoving her, reports RadarOnline.
'He grabbed both my arms and screamed in my face, 'DON'T EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN!'' the book details. 'And he threw me to the ground. Flat on my back. Wind knocked out of me.'
Busy Philipps alleges James Franco assaulted her on the set of 1999-2000 TV sitcom Freaks & Geeks
Philipps claims he aggressively pushed her to the ground and shouted at her on set
Philipps says that although witnesses rushed to help her up Franco was never properly reprimanded
Philipps, now 39, says that although witnesses rushed to help her up and co-star Linda Cardellini told her to notify her manager, Franco was never properly reprimanded.
The TV and movie star apologized after the director and producers ordered him to do so.
Freaks & Geeks only ran for 18 episodes and had numerous directors and producers including Judd Apatow, comedian Josh Elvis Weinstein and it was created by Paul Feig.
At a time when Dawson's Creek was already airing but her character had yet to appear on the series, it was Philipps' biggest role to date.
Franco, now 40, also had a few minor roles on his acting credentials including screen time in Never Been Kissed.
During his career he has been accused of sexual misconduct at least five times but says the allegations are 'not accurate'.
Philipps says co-star Linda Cardellini (left) told her to notify her manager about Franco (right)
Philipps shares the story in her new book out October 16
Late last month, Philipps said that she was left bloodied and bruised after a 17-year-old boy from her high school sexually assaulted her in the back of his car when she was just 14.
She made the claim on Instagram late last month, posting her story while Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
'This is me at 14. The age I was raped,' wrote Philipps, who posted a photo of herself from that time.
'It's taken me 25 years to say those words.'
Philipps was a freshman in high school and living in Arizona at the time, four years before she would head to Hollywood and became a household name.
She is now married to writer and director Marc Silverstein and the couple have two children, Birdie, 10, and 6-year-old Cricket.
'I wrote about it in my book. I finally told my parents and sister about it 4 months ago,' wrote Philipps.
'Today is the day we are silent no more. All of us. I'm scared to post this. I can't imagine what Dr. Ford is feeling right now.'
Brave admission: Busy Philipps revealed on Instagram that she was raped at the age of 14, writing: 'I'm scared to post this. I can't imagine what Dr. Ford is feeling right now' (Philipps above at 14 and her post on instagram)
This Will Only Hurt a Little is set for release just ahead of the premiere of Phillips' new E! talk show.
Philipps has long been a very vocal supporter of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements, using her social media platforms to promote the cause.
She attended the Golden Globes with Tarana Burke, the creator of #MeToo, when Philipp's best friend Michelle Williams took both women to the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year as her dates.
Speaking out: 'I wrote about it in my book. I finally told my parents and sister about it 4 months ago. Today is the day we are silent no more,' declared Philipps (above with husband Marc Silverstein in September)
In November, when Olivia Munn came forward to claim that she once walked into a trailer to find Brett Ratner staring at her while masturbating, Philipps quickly corroborated her friend's statement in the wake of the director's denial.
'Olivia Munn has been saying this for years and he has been disgusting about the allegations and to her for years. He is a garbage human,' stated Philipps.
She then expressed shock over Ratner's Warner Brothers deal, writing: 'Brett Ratner has a 450 MILLION dollar deal at WB? A man who's reputation is that of a letcherous creep AT BEST. Plus, he makes s***** movies.'
Philipps quickly added: 'Before you say,'BUT BUSY, you've BEEN in s***** movies!' MAYBE I HAVE. But I'm not jacking off on girls and making millions in the process.'
And when Louis C.K. issued an apology after he was accused of masturbating in front of unsuspecting women, she wrote: 'I haven't read the Louis CK statement because I don't really give a F*** what he has to say about this.'
Longtime supporter: When Louis C.K. issued an apology after he was accused of masturbating himself in front of unsuspecting women, she wrote: 'I haven't read the Louis CK statement because I don't really give a F*** what he has to say about this.'
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