In her resignation letter from the film Luck, the actor questions whether any company should work with disgraced film executive John Lasseter
When the actor Emma Thompson quit the forthcoming animation Luck last month, many assumed it was because John Lasseter had been announced as the new head of Skydance Media, the production company behind the film. This was confirmed by her publicist, but a letter shared with the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday makes plain Thompson’s level of discomfort.
In it, she raises questions about the ethical implications of working with Lasseter, who left Pixar last year following multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Her implication is that Lasseter’s admitting to “inappropriate hugging” and “other missteps” was insufficient, and that it would be reasonable for women who now work with him to question whether he would act appropriately because he realised the error of his ways or because it was politic to do so.
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