“And now, especially that I have daughters, there would really be no mercy now.”Īs if to pre-empt any queries as to why he, in his capacity as the director of a major Hollywood action film, had no idea his stunt coordinator molested the child actor in his employ, Cameron also stated, “Directors are historically pretty oblivious to the interpersonal things that are happening on their set because they are just focused and I’m probably one of the worst offenders in that being focused on what I’m doing creatively.”Īnother arena in which Cameron is in the running for worst offender is his history of poorly treating women on his sets, and in his personal life. “Had I known about it, there would have been no mercy,” he added. that there will be consequences, you know.” that anybody who might be, you know, a predator or an abuser knows that that mechanism is there and. He hasn’t worked for me since then,” Cameron told reporters, adding that he supports creating “a safe avenue for people to speak up. I mean, I know the other party and not well. “It’s just heartbreaking that it happened to her. The director appeared at the event to promote his upcoming AMC Visionaries documentary series “James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction.” James Cameron, the director of “True Lies,” would have been just shy of 40.Ĭameron made a statement about Dushku’s post to members of Television Critics Association later that day, saying that he was unaware that the abuse was occurring. She wrote, “He spoke these words: ‘You’re not going to sleep on me now sweetie, stop pretending you’re sleeping,’ as he rubbed harder and faster against my catatonic body.” In the post, she recalls how Kramer groomed her and her parents, eventually persuading her on-set guardian to allow her to spend the day with him, luring her to his hotel room under the pretense of watching a movie (“Coneheads,” she recalls) and rubbing himself against her. In response to Dushku's account on Sunday Worldwide Production Agency announced it would no longer represent Kramer.ĭushku’s description of what happened to her is detailed, and shocking, and the latest accusation of so many that have come to light since October. It opens with, “When I was 12 years old, while filming ‘True Lies’, I was sexually molested by Joel Kramer, one of Hollywood’s leading stunt coordinators.” Some know her as Echo from “Dollhouse" or as Missy Pantone from “Bring It On.” Very different characters, but each demonstrates a tough of invulnerability, if not outright invincibility, which is only part of the reason her January 13 Facebook post caught so many by surprise. To a significant slice of the public introduced to Eliza Dushku via “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” she will always be known as Faith, a dark warrior seeking redemption. Behind those fictional women are people we know this and forget nevertheless. That’s how they tend to be written, anyway. Any windows of opportunity are small and tend be limited, leading them to strike strategically, quickly, forcefully and with purpose. Television’s scripted heroines don’t have the luxury of holding back, because they know they’re operating in a man’s world.
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