Kaya Scodelario and Her Casting Couch Encounter with a Director
Kaya Scodelario recently opened up about her casting couch encounter.
Kaya Scodelario revealed that it was a big film and a big director which I auditioned for. The fact that there was no nudity content in the film yet casting director asked her to go naked and take the role but the brave woman denied losing her dignity for anyone.
Talking about Kaya Scodelario is it for real or just a publicity stunt.
Different casting, between me and another actress. Both worked very hard to impress this notoriously difficult director. auditioned multiple times. He emailed our agents ‘whoever agrees to go nude 1st gets the job’ The movie had no nudity in it. He just wanted 2 see who’d say yes
— Kaya Scodelario (@kScodders) April 30, 2021
Kaya Scodelario said that she was terrified of the incident and the director’s request of removing clothes. The scene was simple that she has to go for the audition and take her clothes off and bang – the offer is hers.
She mentioned that her agent who got the director’s mail about the same come up with a big no as an answer and she feels grateful for such an agent.
Talking and coming out on sexual harassment is a good thing but doing it for publicity is something unforgivable.
I can’t stress enough how important it is to have representation that safeguards you. How important it is to have women at every level of the industry – to prevent the current system that enables people to feel as though they can say/do/behave in abusive ways without consequences
— Kaya Scodelario (@kScodders) April 30, 2021
I am not saying that this is a publicity stunt of Kaya Scodelario but the thing is we all know that how publicity matters to film stars. It is a fact that actors can go down to any level for publicity and therefore one cannot take any side as why the tweet came up after so many years.
Is it really the director who asked for it? Anyways the good thing is that she had a caring and intelligent agent to support and save her from any misbehavior and mishapening.
Kaya Scodelario also twitted that this was not the only incident about nudity but there were more. She said she worked hard along with the other actress but the naughty director was interested in something else.
Kaya Scodelario also focused on the fact that many young talents do not have the agents to safeguard them and they assume that this is normal. But it is not normal, it never was and it can never be.