Christopher Eccleston says ‘A-List actress’ accused him of ‘copping a feel’ during sex scene

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Christopher Eccleston Says 'A-List Actress' Accused Him of 'Copping a Feel' While Filming Sex Scene: 'It Was an Abuse of Power, What She Did' https://t.co/hdHQC74Dfc
- Variety (@Variety) January 22, 2024
Christopher Eccleston, currently starring in True Detective, says that he was once accused of 'copping a feel' by an A-list actress when they

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[you_hermit_crab]

I would sooner have put my hands in a food blender than copped a feel of that person. It was an abuse of power

The irony in this... Like, people don't always cop a feel simply because they're into someone. They're doing it to exert power and intimidate. So while I have no thoughts whatsoever on his situation in particular, claiming "I wouldn't do it because I wasn't into them" isn't a good excuse.

[allbegintoburn]

Yeah I don't like how he put that. You shouldn't only be averse to "copping a feel" because you don't like this particular person, you just shouldn't do it because it's obviously wrong.

[andisprohi]

Yep. My grandmother was sexually assaulted in the 70's by a gay actor. He thought it was funny.

[justleilah]

I think he repeats the 'copped a feel' part because that's what he's expressing the original accusation was? He could be quoting or he could be paraphrasing it.

I also don't get that he's necessarily saying he's SUPER not into them as the rationale for why he wouldn't have done what he was accused of. He could be saying 'I'd rather purée my hands than be a skeevy unprofessional who uses a work environment to catch their jollies and menace a colleague.' Not being an apologist, just looking at how this quote might've played out (and hoping for better).

[allbegintoburn]

Yeah this is true, I definitely could have incorrectly read what he was trying to say.

[hunnichild]

The full interview with The Independent gives better context. It reads like he usually tries to ensure that the actress is comfortable so to then be accused threw him. I don't think the blender thing is about how attracted he was to the actress, it's more hyperbolic. Like "I'd rather do something so drastic like mauling my hands thus removing the ability to touch her, than to do something that'd make her feel unsafe."

ETA:
Over the years, he’s come to realise he’s more vulnerable than he once thought. “As a bloke, as a young man, you walk onto the set and see the majority of people in the crew are male. Then there’s a beautiful woman who’s naked. So unless you are a complete a***hole, you just continually ask her: are you comfortable? Is there anything I can do?” But he says the intimacy coordinator told him: “I’m here to protect you too, Chris.”“I’d not thought about that. You don’t think that maybe somebody’s copping a look at you. You just don’t, not from a working-class northern British background...” He chuckles. “I was born in

[blackstarnebula]

Thanks for posting, this makes his whole thought process make more sense.

[caughtmereading]

Thank you for this!

I wish this was under the cut, because here context really matters.

[skekzok]

Thank you for this, because ontd doesn't care to read. No wording is ever perfect enough for them, especially out of context.