Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet join Woody Allen's next film
Oscar winner Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake will be in the cast of Woody Allen's upcoming film.
The cast will be rounded out by James Belushi and Juno Temple. The title and plot have not yet been revealed.
Allen recently debuted his most recent film, Cafe Society, at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival this past May. However, his offscreen comments and actions received the lion's share of attention.
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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he barreled through questions about his longtime marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his former girlfriend Mia Farrow. He called himself "immune" to the criticism of their marriage. Previn is 35 years younger than him.
"I worked right through that, undiminished," he says. "Made films all through those years and at the same rate I was making them. I'm good that way. I am very disciplined and very monomaniacal and compartmentalized."
His estranged son Ronan Farrow responded to the interview with a powerful essay in THR, in which he also addressed his sister Dylan's claims that Allen sexually abused her as a child. She wrote an op-ed for The New York Times about it in 2014, saying Allen is "a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse."
"I've approached the case as an attorney and a reporter, and found her allegations to be credible," Ronan wrote in his essay. "The facts are persuasive and well documented."
He also called out celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Louis C.K. who continue to join Allen films despite Dylan's allegations. Timberlake and Winslet can now be added to that list.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
