While some men accused of sexual misconduct in Hollywood have eschewed the spotlight, presumably until interest in stories about their alleged behavior wanes, Woody Allen seems to be defending himself with increasing regularity. This summer, he told an Argentine news outlet he “should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement” because he’d only been accused of sexual impropriety “by one woman in a child custody case.” (That’s technically not true: his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, maintains he molested her despite his denials and Mariel Hemingway has said he came onto her when they worked together.) When a reporter from Page Six checked in with him recently, she asked what he’d do if “bad publicity grows stronger” and more actors announce they won’t work with him. It seems he won’t change course if that happens. “I’m a writer,” he said. “It’s what I am. What I do. What I always will be. I’ll write. Since I continually have ideas it’ll be new ideas and I’ll write new things.”
