Legendary actress Jacqueline Bisset is a pretty straight shooter when it comes to expressing her opinion on issues she’s taken an interest in, like the whole #MeToo movement. During a recent interview with Page Six she said that she feels “unsympathetic” toward a number of women who previously came out against sexual harassment in Hollywood.
“I understand as an idea, it’s important that men behave, but I do really think it’s important that women behave, too,” the 80-year-old said during the conversation. And that’s exactly what men have been saying since this whole started. Yes, there are a lot of scumbag men out there, but there’s also sick and twisted women who will seek to punish a man by falsely accusing him of a sexual crime, knowing doing so could destroy his life.
“I think how you dress, what your subtext is very, very important. It’s very dangerous and not to be played with,” Bisset explained. She then told the publication that she’s “very unsympathetic to these stories, these #MeToo things.”
She added, “You have to be very careful what you put out there.”
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According to the outlet, Bisset first came to the U.S. from the U.K. in 1967. The British actress claimed she never experienced sexual harassment because she “was very determined not to have anything happen to me, and I was completely devoted to that idea.” Bisset also suggested to the outlet that women “need to learn the word ‘no’ or the F-word or something, and you have to do it, and you can get through it without any problem.”
In 2017, actress and activist Alyssa Milano tweeted that women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted should post “me too.” Within hours, tens of thousands had taken up the #MeToo hashtag. The phrase had been introduced a decade earlier by social activist Tarana Burke. The movement went viral after movie producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of multiple cases of sexual harassment that spanned three decades.
Bisset previously revealed that her male co-stars often made her feel at ease on set.
During an interview with Closer Weekly from 2023, Bisset said that her co-star in the 1968 film, “The Detective,” Frank Sinatra, was “protective” of her.
“He wasn’t going through an easy period in his life with the breakup with his wife, but he was very protective of me,” Bisset explained to the publication. “He called me ‘The Kid’ and was quite patient because I was still very inexperienced.”
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“[I had heard] he would only do one take. His reputation was very tough, but it was an exaggeration. He couldn’t have been nicer,” she continued. Bisset then recounted her experience with legendary leading man Steve McQueen in the film “Bullitt.”
“I don’t remember the audition. I remember reading with Steve McQueen,” she recalled. “I remember my first impression of Steve McQueen was that he was terribly handsome. We read together and it was quite straightforward. I’m sure there were many others testing for the role.”
“I learned that Steve was quiet, charming and thoughtful,” she continued to share. “I just felt he was a normal guy. He treated me like a normal woman and it was pleasant. I was really just worried about the work because one wants to be good and one wants to get it right.”
Have men become degenerate in our modern generation? Or is it possible that there are a number of factors contributing to these #MeToo situations that need to be addressed on both sides?