Tom Hanks does not appear surprised Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexually assaulting and raping numerous women, though the actor says he’s never worked with the disgraced film producer.
“It all just sort of fits, doesn’t it?” Hanks told the New York Times in an interview published Wednesday.
Hanks didn’t know, however, why Hollywood sheltered Weinstein.
“Well, that’s a really good question and isn’t it part and parcel to all of society somehow, that people in power get away with this?” he said. “Look, I don’t want to rag on Harvey but so obviously something went down there. You can’t buy, ‘Oh, well, I grew up in the ’60s and ’70s and so therefore. …’ I did, too. So I think it’s like, well, what do you want from this position of power? I know all kinds of people that just love hitting on, or making the lives of underlings some degree of miserable because they can.”
Weinstein was forced out of his film studio, the Weinstein Company, on Sunday amid reports that he mistreated women for decades.
“Just because you’re rich and famous and powerful doesn’t mean you aren’t in some ways a big fat ass. Excuse me, take away ‘fat.’ But I’m not, you know, I’m not the first person to say Harvey’s a bit of an ass. Poor Harvey — I’m not going to say poor Harvey, Jesus. Isn’t it kind of amazing that it took this long?” Hanks said.
