Popular actress seen also with Late Om Puri in a H'wood film talks about Sexual Harassment!

Los Angeles: Veteran actor Helen Mirren said she never faced sexual harassment in Hollywood as she debuted late in the industry. In an interview with Sunday Today, a preview of which has been released, Mirren talked about how men would often expose themselves in front of her when she was in her twenties. "I had never experienced that... in Hollywood. Because (when) I came to Hollywood, I was in my 30s. I was too old. It doesn't happen to you unless you're very young," Mirren said. The 72-year-old actor also recalled her own experiences of sexual misconduct in public in her 20s. "When I was between 16 and 23, 24, men would expose themselves to me often. I would say about once a week. On the subway, on the Tube, on the bus, or walking down a road," she said. "Weird, because it's not like you're going to go, 'Oh my god, that's the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen'. It's the opposite. It's horror," she added. INSIDE VIDEO! Disgraced Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein ‘slapped’ at Arizona restaurant! Mirren also spoke about the #MeToo and Time's Up movements while reflecting on the recent shift in Hollywood that opened the doors for women to speak out against sexual abuse. "This moment in time, this last sort of four or five months has been an enormous shift going on. It's been coming. And I say 'Time's up'. Well it's about time time's up. You know, it's taken a long time to get here," Mirren said. Dustin Hoffman accused of sexual harassment again Helen won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007 for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in 'The Queen'. Helen appeared in the lead role opposite Late Bollywood actor Om Puri in 'The Hundred-Foot journey' produced by produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey in 2014. The film earned her another Golden Globe nomination and became a modest commercial success, grossing $88.9 million worldwide. When Om Puri passed away in January 2017, Helen remembered him dearly. She had said in an interview - “I worked with Om only once on the film A Hundred-Foot Journey, however, once met, he was unforgettable. Om Puri was such a great, expansive, life force of a man, he instantly became a great friend. He was a generous, life loving man. He loved to act, he loved to feed people, and above all he loved his country and its culture. My profession will miss an original, and India will miss a great representative" She also posted a message on Instagram.

see you soon Om

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