Actor Willem Dafoe has said he has never worked with controversial director Woody Allen because he is “not right” for the director’s films.
The Nosferatu star said he had never been asked to be in one of Allen’s projects because he was not the type of person who features in them.
Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, he explained: “I’m not a New York type and he really deals in types a little bit. I’m not like a typical, Jewish New Yorker, and I’m not a blue blood, uptown guy and he deals a lot in those things.
“Sometimes you can admire someone or you can admire a filmmaker or a film and you’re just not part of their language, you’re not part of their world and you’ve just got to let it go, you know?”
Dafoe went on to say he was not sure whether he would want to star in one of the 89-year-old’s films.
The 69-year-old said: “I’m aware of that because so many friends and so many people have been in Woody Allen films.
“And of course, he’s had a long career and his work has changed a lot over the career. And as you know, now he’s kind of somewhat cancelled because of certain personal things.
“So it’s a whole subject, but before the last 10 years, I sometimes I thought, wow, he’s never talked to me about anything, but then I sit myself down and say, you know what, I’m probably not right for anything that he’s doing.”
It has been alleged that Allen sexually assaulted his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, which the director vehemently denies.
Following the allegations, Allen went from becoming one of the most important living directors to struggling to secure financing for his films in the US.
Stars such as Mira Sorvino, Greta Gerwig, Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall are among the names who distanced themselves from the director, having previously worked with him.
In 2020, Allen hit back at the stars who denounced him, saying it is “like everybody suddenly eating kale”.
Allen holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for best original screenplay with 16, winning three, and is best known for films such as Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), Hannah And Her Sisters (1986), and Crimes And Misdemeanours (1989).
The full interview can be heard on The Louis Theroux Podcast on Spotify.
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