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October 15, 2017  · Shared with Public
i am inspired by the women everywhere who are speaking up online to tell about my experience with a danish director . because i come from a country that is one of the worlds place closest to equality between the sexes and at the time i came from position of strength in the music world with hard earned independence , it was extremely clear to me when i walked into the actresses profession that my humiliation and role as a lesser sexually harassed being was the norm and set in stone with the director and a staff of dozens who enabled it and encouraged it . i became aware of that it is a universal thing that a director can touch and harass his actresses at will and the institution of film allows it . when i turned the director down repeatedly he sulked and punished me and created for his team an impressive net of illusion where i was framed as the difficult one . because of my strength , my great team and because i had nothing to loose having no ambitions in the acting world , i walked away from it and recovered in a years time . i am worried though that other actresses working with the same man did not . the director was fully aware of this game and i am sure of that the film he made after was based on his experiences with me . because i was the first one that stood up to him and didn't let him get away with it
and in my opinion he had a more fair and meaningful relationship with his actresses after my confrontation so there is hope
let's hope this statement supports the actresses and actors all over
let's stop this
there is a wave of change in the world
kindness
björk
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Bryan Zimmerman
"Declare Independence. Don't let them do that to you." I fucking love you Björk.
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Akkamiau Kočiči
thanks for your VOICE!!!!!! "i was framed as the difficult one" indeed this is used often, when one refuses to fulfill the prescribed feminine standards
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Nicolas Prieto
Oh Lars. it's so ironic because his art (which I like a lot, sadly) would make one think that he's very much in touch with the reality of women and their struggles. I guess nothing is what it seems anymore.
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Stephen Michael
Absolute adore the movie too and your outstanding performance. I heard the role proved to be difficult for you and put you off acting but never imagined this was why.
Lots of love from one of your Scottish fans xxx
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Shannon Nicol
Thank you, Björk, for speaking out about this. I admire you even more so now. I think it's pretty well known that Lars von Trier is a sexist, racist, and anti-Semitic. Watch about 10 minutes of any of his films, and you can tell he hates women. I'm so …
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Magnus Águstsson
Björk, þú ert einstök, þú ert réttlát, þú ert sönn. Eg er gamall, en hugsanir mínar eru allar með ykkur, konur, stúlkur, ungbörn, og allir sem hafa orðið fyrir svivirðilegu, kynferðislegu og öðru, ofbeldi. Áfram haldið, í nafni jafnréttis. Magnæus Ágústsson
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Michael Winwar
So proud of you : but as a strong and independent woman that you are and always been , I just have one question: why didn't you speak so openly and loudly before ? At the time there was this rumour that you were very difficult on set - why did you let …
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Kevin Quinn
John Lennon said it when they created "Apple" during the press conference John said " We want to create a safe environment for talented individuals to be able to grow in. So they don't end up on their knees in someones office ...probably yours!"
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Mariana Paulcan
Lars von trier with that face of good man!!! Yes I remember very well that you was very bad in emotional way about this work. I imagine you could do a such a great acting with lot of scenes of pain, because you was suffering in real, but this is not a …
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Joel Miller
thank you for all of your work through the decades and the doors you've left open behind you for many of us who are finding our way. ❤
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