The interpreter, who participated in classics such as "Will and Grace" and "Seinfeld", spoke about the horrible situation that she went through 22 years ago.
Any situation in which one does something against her will is alarming. However, there are nuances. Different levels of harassment. For example, forcing an actress to undress and take shots without clothes that were not in the script. That one is the worst of all. A real humiliation.
Debra Messing has just revealed that 22 years ago, when she was shooting the tape "A Walk In The Clouds" (A Walk In The Clouds) with Keanu Reeves, she was encouraged to take off her clothes and record "as God brought her into the world." world".
In statements he made in the middle of a conference, Messing, also known for participating in classic series such as "Will & Grace" (for which he won an Emmy Award) and "Seinfeld", confessed that the Mexican director Alfonso Arau told him that " your job is to get n-ked and follow the script.”
Obviously, it was a mere attempt to humiliate her, because those scenes were later deleted: in the final version of her "only" her back appeared. In addition, when the interpreter undressed, Arau stopped to observe her.
“She examined my body and threw the bed sheet over me, as if it were a used handkerchief. Then she walked away without saying a word. It was all a game to degrade me.”
On the other hand, he assured that while he was filming a s-x scene -this one was included in the script- the director stopped filming shouting "cut!" to ask him "how long will it take to get a plastic surgeon? Your nose is ruining my movie."
It is clear that he had a very bad time. In this regard, Messing was blunt: “I froze. mortified. And when she asked me to hide my nose behind the camera in a kiss scene with Keanu Reeves, I was ashamed of my Jewishness.”
The accumulation of terrible moments of her was defeating her little by little. And in the end, she couldn't take it: “I went to the trailer to cry. I felt ugly. Like trash." The actress was, at the time of shooting the tape, 25 years old.
Alfonso Arau's response
The director did not remain silent: he questioned the media that described the event as "s-xual harassment", assuring that the scenes mentioned by the interpreter "are false".
"She was never n-de, and the scenes were removed because a Fox executive director wasn't happy with how they turned out." In addition, regarding the actress's nose, Arau denied having criticized her.
“Debra Messin was chosen over many other actresses who auditioned because I thought she was beautiful and talented. If he had not been satisfied with her nose, he would not have chosen it.
