Actress A claims sexual harassment: "Actor B ripped my clothes and touched me"

[iviih.livejournal.com]

Trigger Warning: Sexual Harassment ahead!


A media source reported on July 2nd, that the police were investigating a case where an actress claimed that her co-star sexually harassed her while filming a scene where the husband inflicted violence on his wife.

This case has been sent to the prosecutors for further investigation. Actress 'A' agreed to an interview although it might be a tough time for her. She's being reflected to the public as 'hysterical' and not being able to accept an improvisation for a good movie.

'A's eyes got watery throughout the whole interview as she said, "I was sexual harassed and this situation has got me looking like the assailant and not the victim. It was hard, but I decided that I needed to speak the truth". "I know how to tell the difference between ad-lib and not...not for 'a few' buttons"

Q: Wasn't it an ad-lib during the act?

A: B's acting wasn't just a simple ad-lib. It's ridiculous to say someone acting out a murderer kills for real. I have been acting for more than 10 years and I do it because I love to act. I have a reputation to keep and I won't do this for no reason. I know how to tell the difference between acting and sexual harassment. I don't claim harassment just because he 'undid a few buttons'. I don't know where the button story came from because I was wearing a white T-shirt.

Q: Apparently it happened while all the staff were watching?

The details of the report that came out then are quite different. It says everyone was watching but that's not true. The scene was taken at the hall which connects the front door and the living room. The space was small so it just me, B, the director and his assistant. Everyone else was outside watching through the monitors. The director and his assistant were also watching through the lens and didn't see what happened outside of it. How could he have done such a thing with everyone around people ask but he's only admitted to what he did from his angle and denying everything else.

Q: Please explain the situation then

The director, B and myself had a talk before the camera started rolling. We agreed to focus on the top and face and since our lower bodies won't be exposed much we would just 'pretend'. We agreed to only expose my 'bruised' shoulder but as soon as the camera started rolling things changed. He tore my T-shirt and even my bra. He handled me so hard I got an actual bruise. (She started crying at this point.) He touched me all over and even tried to pull down my pants.

Q: This seems very different from what was initially told

Very different. There were no buttons as I was wearing a T-shirt but he ripped it up and even my bra. He touched me all over and tried putting his hands in lower areas too.

Q: Was there an agreement that there would be no 'exposure'?

Yes. The movie alone is only for 15 years and above and I agreed with the director from the beginning that there would be no exposure. "He ripped my bra and touched me everywhere"

Q: Why didn't you free yourself of the situation?

I tried to get out of it until the director yelled, 'cut'. Only he has the power to do that so it's hard for the actress to stop first. I tried to get him to say 'cut' and get out of the angle but B strangled me and didn't let me go. He pulled me back to touch me again continued to do things that weren't agreed upon. We couldn't even film the scene again because my clothes had been ripped badly.

Several things went through my head at that point but I trusted the director and being an actress, I couldn't yell for cut first. However, I didn't hear the 'cut'. The director also claimed he couldn't tell if it was sexual harassment or not through the monitor but words changed and it became as if he said he doesn't think it was harassment.

Q: Did you argue about this when the 'cut' finally came?

When the moment was over, I was mentally shocked and humiliated. As a woman I was so humiliated and I argued about it with B but he didn't even apologize properly. Had he done that, things wouldn't have gotten this bad. He said, "I was too into the moment. Didn't that help you? Let's go over to the next scene". He was busy trying to move on. A few days later, B messaged me to say he admits to his actions and decided to quit the movie. Then later, he came to a work dinner and argued that he didn't need to quit. I bottled it up until I could take it no more and went to the police in May.

Q: The after-effect must have been terrible

I am human before I am an actress and it was hard to keep silent after what I've been through. I figured it would get better with time but it's coming to me worse than ever. I am suffering from headaches and insomnia. I didn't want the movie to be affected by this. Everyone around me also said I would be the one to suffer if I went through with it.

Q: Kim Bo-seong got involved

He has no involvement but somehow he was mentioned. B is not Kim Bo-seong. B quit the movie and there is someone else in his place.



Netizens Comments

Article: [Exclusive] Actress A gets sexually harassed, "It's not Kim Bo Sung... a male actor ripped my bra and groped me"

Source: Sports Chosun via Naver

On the 2nd, actress A filed a police report claiming that she was sexually harassed by her male co-star while filming a movie scene that required a husband beating his wife. The male actor allegedly deviated from the script and ripped off not only her t-shirt but also her bra and then groped her to the point where she got bruises.

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1. [+2,606, -35] The male actor must be a top actor or under a huge agency because it's been a week since this scandal blew up but nobody knows who he is yet. Usually the name gets revealed on the day of or the next day of the scandal.

2. [+2,140, -43] She should just reveal the male actor's name and embarrass him. Hard to tell who's lying at this point;

3. [+1,886, -42] So who is that bastard

4. [+318, -2] If what she's claiming is true, I suspect the director was in on it too. Why would the director not intervene or call a cut when the male actor is stripping a woman like that in front of the camera??? The male actor must've striked up a deal with the director beforehand.

5. [+297, -10] I bet the male actor and the director had a deal together. They probably told her it'd be a 15+ rated scene and then decided to go harder thinking she'd just go along with it and not fight back but now that she's fighting back they're pretending the scandal isn't happening

6. [+286, -2] I mean I guess you can say that he was adlibbing the part where he rips her t-shirt but why would he take her bra off too;;; I hope it's revealed who it is

7. [+237, -5] I feel gross for her... usually when stuff like that happens, you're so taken aback that it takes a while for it to sink in what actually happened and then the anger and embarrassment settle in.

8. [+225, -2] What normally happens is that the director and the male actor will assure the actress that they'll keep it safe and then go all out once the cameras actually start rolling. If the director did not plan for a scene like that to happen, shouldn't he have called cut? I think the director is just as suspicious for letting the scene happen.

9. [+204, -1] Why would the director not call cut if the scene was not what was promised?

10. [+204, -2] The fact that a name hasn't been revealed yet means he's under a huge agency


Sorry mods, hope it's okay now :)

Ugh, I hate when PDs and Actors do what they want without warning the actress, and then call the  "professional card" bullsh**
Hope he gets arrested. This reminds me of PSH and LMH kiss scene.

Source: News Nate via Hancinema, News Nate via Netizenbuzz

Comments

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

This is so disgusting oh my god. I feel awful for her and it already sounds like she's getting blamed for this. Especially if she's been an actress for this long, of course she would know the difference between whether it was ad lib or not. Besides, no matter the situation, if either party is uncomfortable it doesn't matter what the context of the situation is.

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

UGH this makes me SO angry

you're right OP there's the heirs incidence (which every time I mention in a drama forum I get the whole slew of "I know you're so-and-so's fan!!!" "she said she was surprised, not offended!!!" etc)

there's a k-movie that came out recently, with ryo iwase as the male lead and kim sae byuk as the female lead and in one of the interview the director straight revealed how he told ryo to kiss kim without telling her that it's gonna happen and that this has to be done in one take because they only have one chance and i'm like... wtf you were completely aware that you're tricking this girl into a scene she didn't cosign

there was also that k-drama discovery of love when yoon hyun min kissed kim seulgi as a surprise and kim seulgi wasn't told about it beforehand and literally collapses to the floor briefly before she continues her scene. the drama promoted the scene to be so romantic and the douche even came on radio star and talked about it like it's something cool, and when kim goo ra was like would you have done it if it was lee yeon hee as opposed to kim seul gi (since lee yeon hee is from sm, a more powerful agency than kim seulgi's), he mumbled and was like maybe not... and i was like this fucking asshole.

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

Wow! I didn't know about those two, I'm going to puke. I didn't watched Discovery of Love, but that scene sounds really bad. Poor Kim Seulgi :(

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

no idea about this story from "discovery of romance". that's disgusting...

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

psh was just trying to be tactful bc she doesn't want fangirls after her - all 'you're so lucky to be kissed by oppa!!!', the poor girl was probably traumatised. disgusting behaviour from him and the heirs pd.

i thought kim seulgi did look really surprised in that scene, didn't realise it was genuine. that's gross, fuck you yoon hyun min. i don't just understand why he would do that and then be all proud of it afterwards. what is wrong with these ppl.

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

i watched DoL and saw that scene knowing nothing and thought the way he grabbed her was way to rough and like too quick? like stealing a kiss rather than a spontaneous romantic moment. like it wasnt a peck or a smooch he was like assaulting her mouth tbh. it was just this side of not salacious enough to get on broadcast but when i found out it was a "surprise" kiss and poor seulgi knew nothing about it...i was like WELP that explains that! so so repulsive and sad. it ruined what had otherwise been a p cute dynamic between their characters up till that point. i didnt like it without the horrible context and after it, that scene is unwatchable. poor seulgi. you can tell he used FORCE not just getting her off guard. which is why the scene made me uncomfortable to begin with. like jfc, and they worked on SNL together too what the hell made him think that was ok??? and dont even get me started on the PD letting that shit slide.

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

yeah to me the scene seemed ad-libbed but i didn't realise seulgi knew nothing about it. jfc. it did seem too rough, ia. it was way too much, plus he is so much taller than her so it was really physically dominating and one-sided. ugh so fucking gross. him boasting about it and the pd. what scumbags.

ikr. i enjoyed the show as a whole and they were a cute couple but now hearing about this has soured it for me :/

yes exactly. i mean the whole cast seemed to get along well bts, most of the cast knew each other before. like. why?? treat your co-workers with respect gdi.

[agentgoodnight.livejournal.com]

My queen Kim Seul Gi? He's dead to me. Disgusting. And I loved him in Heartless City.

[torontok.livejournal.com]

As soon as he deviated from the script and touched her without permission, it went from acting to assault.In a physical scene, okay someone might get a bit bruised, clothes might tear but taking off her bra and groping her hard enough to bruise crosses all lines.The director is scum too for not intervening when he saw it happen or taking proper measures afterward.

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the comments seem to be on her side.
""Judging"" the actor and director really hard. Why people care so little about other people well being as long as they get what they want? Society can be and is disgusting.

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

How disgusting.

Do guys not get the concept of consent? Like if they were in the boxing ring and they had choreography then suddenly the guy they're going against goes off script and beats them violently...they would be absolutely pissed and charge the guy with assault. I hope that the victim is allowed to heal and that this guy pays for what he has done.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

This is so revolting on so many levels. The director was obviously in on it or didn't care bc the male actor was more important to him.

Then this isn't the first incident of actresses not being told to what extent sexual scenes are going to. Is it because they don't have confidence in the actresses? But in that case why hire them? Or is it bc for them they think the scene is "better" that way? Which is sickening, essentially filming someone's sexual assault just to get more shock value.

I hope when his name gets released he gets screwed over and thrown to the dogs, the director too.

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

I hope his name is released so I know not to support this guy. (If I did in the first place...)

*Praying, please don't be Gong Yoo...*

[lynethia.livejournal.com]

Absolutely vile. The director should have called cut the moment the actor deviated from the shoulder bruise being the only physical part exposed. The actor should have discussed any changes he had in mind with both the actress and director rather than the flimsy excuse of ad-libbing or being caught up in the moment.

[springsky.livejournal.com]

Release this fucker's name!

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

What is wrong with directors who allow and think this kind of behavior is okay? How many times do we have to read about it happening? These directors act as if it is damn near impossible to ask for and get the actress' consent.

Personally speaking, I find these situations super condescending in the way they think only the female actress cannot act genuinely or have a natural reaction, so both director and actor have to "surprise" her by stripping her of permission and knowledge, all while putting it on film for everyone to see.

[xyznee.livejournal.com]

It's ridiculous to say someone acting out a murderer kills for real.
Exactly. I was afraid that she would be blamed for being "unprofessional" about it, but good thing everyone's on her side.

I agree that the director probably planned such a scene from the start but didn't want to tell her, knowing that she wouldn't consent and thinking she would just go along with it when put on the spot. Rape culture mindset. Disgusting.