Mia Farrow doesn’t want to tell fellow actors whom they should or “shouldn’t” work with, even if it’s a matter of working with her former partner Woody Allen, who was accused by Farrow’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow of molestation.
The allegations against writer/director Allen were made public in 1992. Allen went on to later marry Farrow’s other adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. His career has been marred by the allegations; however, Allen has continued to helm features that starred notable actors in the years since the controversy.
Farrow recently said during “CBS Sunday Morning” that she does not hold actors’ decisions to work with Allen against them.
“I completely understand if an actor decides to work with him,” Farrow said. “I’m not one who’d say, ‘Oh, they shouldn’t.’”
Allen confirmed in 2022 that he was not retiring anytime soon, and was helming his 50th film. However, Allen’s features have not been widely distributed. Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera spoke out on including films by Allen, Roman Polanski, and Luc Besson amid their respective allegations.
Allen’s “Coup de Chance” debuted at the festival in 2023.
Barbera told The Guardian, “For which reason should we ban a film from [Allen and Besson] when they’re not guilty in the face of justice? Why should we be more strict against them? We need to have faith in the justice system.”
Barbera added that “Annie Hall” director Allen’s situation is in particular “completely different” from Polanski’s position.
“After almost 25 years, why should we keep on banning his films?” Barbera said of Allen. “It’s impossible to release his films in the U.S. now, which is absolutely unbelievable.”
The allegations from Dylan Farrow were revisited in HBO docuseries “Allen v. Farrow” in 2021.
During the final episode of the series, Farrow says, “I’m scared of him, of a person who has no allegiance to truth, will do anything. A person who will do anything is somebody to be scared of. So I worry that when this documentary comes out, he will be on the attack again. He’ll do whatever he has to do to try to save himself, you know, from the truths, from the mess he made.”
Farrow also told the filmmakers Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick that she “stands by my kids. I’m going to take incoming fire.”
