‘The Assistant’ Trailer: Julia Garner Works For A Sexually Predatory Entertainment Mogul
The monstrous behavior of Harvey Weinstein finally met its match a couple years ago when women in Hollywood took a stand against the heinous abuse and sexual harassment that came from one of entertainment’s most infamous producers. It sparked the #MeToo movement and made waves across show business, targeting the manipulative men who had been taking advantage of women and behaving inappropriately for years. Now, a new drama calledThe Assistantshines even more light on the toxic environment that too many women have had to put up with, and the first trailer has just arrived.
The Assistant Trailer
The AssistantstarsJulia Garner(Ozark, The Americans) as a recent college graduate trying to break her way into the film industry by paying her dues as an assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. But once she’s on the job, slowly she starts to realize what’s happening around her and stands up against the horrors looking her in the face. And all of this unfolds in just one day on the job.
The movie isn’t directly inspired by Harvey Weinstein, but it’s very clearly about him and so many other toxic people working in Hollywood who have perpetuated a not-so-secret system of sexual harassment and misconduct. As you can see, the quotes from critics who caught the movie at the Telluride Film Festival this year paint a clear picture of how much this movie resonates without being melodramatic about it all. It also helps that this movie is directed byKitty Green, providing a much needed female perspective to these horrific standards in the entertainment industry.
The Assistantalso starsMakenzie Leigh, Kristine Froseth, Jon Orsini,andNoah Robbins. Here’s the official synopsis:
The Assistant will play at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in January before hitting theaters onJanuary 31, 2020.
