Christopher Ecclestone has revealed he felt ‘betrayed’ when a feminine ‘A-list’ actress falsely accused him of groping her whereas they have been filming a intercourse scene.
The former Doctor Who star, 59, recalled an incident involving an undisclosed co-star earlier on in his profession, telling how she claimed to the crew he was ‘copping a really feel’.
In an interview with the Independent, the British actor stated: ‘I did a intercourse scene with an A-list actress – not Nicole Kidman, who was good – and she or he implied, in entrance of the crew, that I used to be copping a really feel. Because she did not like me.
‘[I was] lucky that occurred to me earlier than the Harvey Weinstein stuff got here to mild, so I wasn’t put within the shares for it. But I’ve by no means felt extra betrayed by a fellow actor than I did that day.’
He added: ‘I’ve to say to you that I might sooner have put my palms in a meals blender than copped a really feel of that particular person.’
Christopher Ecclestone stated he felt ‘betrayed’ when a feminine ‘A-list’ actress falsely accused him of groping her whereas they have been filming a intercourse scene
Ecclestone, pictured on Doctor Who with actress Billie Piper, stated he has ‘by no means felt extra betrayed’ as he did by the incident earlier on his profession
It comes after Ecclestone described his struggles with an consuming dysfunction as ‘imprisoning’ when he opened up about his psychological well being close to the tip of final 12 months.
The actor is among the many solid of True Detective’s fourth season, titled Night Country, which sees him seem alongside Jodie Foster, Kali Reis and British actor Fiona Shaw.
Speaking of the ordeal, he stated: ‘I do not assume that may have occurred with an intimacy coordinator on set.
‘I might have been accused of all method of issues… that is about what passes between actors, with belief and the abuse of it.’
Ecclestone instructed of his many years battling anorexia for the primary time in his autobiography I Love the Bones of You, which was launched in 2019.
Speaking of the ordeal, Ecclestone stated: ‘I do not assume that may have occurred with an intimacy coordinator on set’
He since shared he was nonetheless fairly unwell when he penned his autobiography, including that he regrets being so exhausting on himself within the memoir.
Ecclestone beforehand instructed The Guardian: ‘I’m pleased and enthusiastic about life, definitely there was numerous life-denying earlier than.
‘The consuming dysfunction was imprisoning, being in an trade and feeling such as you should not be in it was imprisoning.
‘I do not need anyone feeling sorry for me, but it surely felt fairly solitary.’
Ecclestone additionally spoke about his ‘breakdown’ in 2016, which got here after his marriage to his spouse Mischka collapsed, and instructed how the expertise ‘humanised’ him.
He stated the expertise of going via a breakdown and recovering from it gave him extra self-respect and enabled him to be extra empathic to different individuals.