Allison Williams on the importance of the Time's Up movement
While Time's Up pins weren't in as abundant a supply as the Golden Globes, a handful of actors used SAG Awards red carpet appearances to talk about the movement against sexual discrimination and abuse in Hollywood and other industries.
Call Me By Your Name star Timothee Chalamay unpacked the effect the movement has had on young men, while Get Out star and SAG Award nominee Allison Williams talked about it from a more personal standpoint.
"I've learned a lot," she told E! News' Giuliana Rancic, speaking about the role of actresses in particular in the movement. "One of the biggest lessons from this movement is that in many ways what [actresses] do and the power it gives us and the platform it gives us has always been kind of confusing to us."
"For actresses, one of the messages from the last election was that their presence didn't help with the race ... that's I think why it is so powerful to have a legal defense fund set up by actresses, but that benefits men and women all across the country in their workplaces, no matter what the industry is.
"That, to me, is the most incredible wielding of power, to be able to take our platform and the microphones that we have and use it to raise money for people who do other jobs."
Williams wore a Time's Up pin on her purse.
Compared to the overwhelming presence of Time's Up at the Golden Globes — we're still reeling from that unforgettable speech by Oprah — the SAG Awards saw a much more politically subdued ceremony and red carpet.
Seems everyone's saving it up for the Oscars.
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