>>> WE'RE BACK WITH AN OSCAR WINNER IN THE SPOTLIGHT. MIRA SORVINO STARS IN A SHOW CALLED "CONDOR." SHE'S ALSO ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT ACCUSED HARVEY WEINSTEIN OF MISCONDUCT. THIS IS THE FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE WEINSTEIN WAS CHARGED WITH SEX CRIME CHARGES. HOLLYWOOD VETERAN MIRA SORVINO WAS A SCREEN STAPLE IN THE '90s, STARRING IN "QUIZ SHOW," "ROAMMY AND AWARD, YOU HONOR MY FATHER, PAUL SORVINO WHO HAS TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT ACTING. >> Reporter: WHILE SHE WAS PROMOTING THAT MIRAMAX FILM, SHE SAYS HARVEY WEINSTEIN SEXUALLY HARASSED HER. TRYING TO PRESSURE HER INTO A PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP DURING A HOTEL ROOM ENCOUNTER. IT HAPPENED AGAIN WEEKS LATER AT HER APARTMENT, SORVINO TOLD "THE NEW YORKER." BOTH TIMES SHE MANAGED TO AVOID HIS AGGRESSIVE ADVANCES. AFTER THAT, SHE SAYS HER FILM ROLES DRIED UP BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN BLACKLISTED BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN, AND ICED OUT OF HOLLYWOOD. INCLUDING A POTENTIAL ROLE IN THE RECORD-BREAKING TRILOGY, "LORD OF THE RINGS." IN DECEMBER, THE DIRECTOR PETER JACKSON SAID THAT WEINSTEIN DISPARAGED THE ACTRESS. HIS COMPANY SAYING SHE WAS A NIGHTMARE TO WORK WITH AND AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS. IN A STATEMENT PROVIDED TO NBC NEWS, A SPOKESPERSON FOR WEINSTEIN SAYS THE PRODUCER HAS NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR PETER JACKSON, ADDING THAT MIRAMAX HAD NOTHING INVOLVED WITH THE CASTING, WHATSOEVER. SORVINO FEELS VINDICATED BY SHEERING HER STORY. WE MUST CHANGE THAT CULTURE RIGHT NOW. I WILL FIGHT SO MY DAUGHTERS AND SONS DON'T HAVE TO ENDURE WHAT I AND EVERY GENERATION THAT CAME BEFORE, HAS HAD TO. MIR MIRA SORVINO, GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT. YOU HAVE A NEW TV SHOW. YOU'RE SHOOTING A MOVIE RIGHT NOW. YOU TOOK A DAY OFF TO TALK TO US TODAY. >> I'M SHOOTING FOR FOX. IT'S HILARIOUS AND FUN AND WONDERFUL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT "CONDOR" ON THE AUDIENCE NETWORK, PREMIERING TONIGHT. THINGS ARE GOING WELL. >> THERE'S LOTS TO TALK ABOUT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT "CONDOR" IN A MOMENT. NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT YOU FOUND YOURSELF THE SUBJECT OF ADVANCES BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN. THE SUBJECT OF RETALIATION BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN, ACCORDING TO PETER JACKSON AND YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. AND I WONDER, HOW YOU FEEL IN THIS MOMENT? HE WAS INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. HE HAS BEEN PERP WALKED. HOW DOES THAT FEEL? >> IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP. IT'S HIM FINALLY FACING REAL, REAL CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. FOR THAT, I FEEL GRATIFIED.D LAST WEEKEND WAS AN EMOTIONAL ONE. JUST SEEING HIM BRINGS UP A LOT OF BAD FEELINGS. HE'S RAPED MANY PEOPLE THAT I LOVE. SO, IT'S NOT REALLY A HAPPY OCCASION. I THINK MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME CELEBRATION WHEN HE GETS CONVICTED AND GOES TO JAIL. THAT'S WHEN THE PROCESS WILL BE COMPLETE AND WE'LL SEE JUSTICE BEING SERVED. UNTIL THEN, THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP. >> THERE'S AN ARRAY OF ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM. I THINK LAST COUNT, 97 WOMEN THAT MADE CLAIMS AGAINST HIM. THIS WAS A SECRET YOU HELD FOR A LONG TIME. IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT. >> AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED, I TOLD EVERYONE I KNEW. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THAT. ALL THESE PEOPLE WROTE TO ME ONLINE, I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME ABOUT THAT. QUENTIN TARANTINO CORROBORATED I TOLD HIM ABOUT IT, RIGHT AWAY THAT SEPTEMBER. HE SAID IT IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ARTICLE. I TOLD EVERYONE I KNEW. NO ONE SAID, HEY, THIS IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT, YOU SHOULD GO TO THE AUTHORITIES. YOU HAVE A CASE. YOU SHOULD GO TO THE POLICE, MAYBE IT'S ASSAULT. NO ONE SAID ANYTHING LIKE THAT. EVERYONE WAS JUST KIND OF COMFORTING ABOUT IT. I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LAW. AND I DIDN'T -- I DIDN'T THINK I WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OVER. SO, I JUST KIND OF TRIED TO PUT IT TO THE SIDE AND KEEP WORKING AND GO ON ABOUT MY LIFE. YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT WAY. NONE OF US COMPARED NOTES. I ONLY KNEW ONE OTHER PERSON. >> WERE YOU SHOCKED WHEN YOU SAW HOW MANY PEOPLE? >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE. IF WE HAD KNOWN ABOUT EACH OTHER THEN, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN, OH, BOY. THAT'S CRAZY. I'M SORRY. >> IT'S OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU SEE IT. >> I THINK WE WOULD HAVE FOUND STRENGTH IN NUMBERS AND WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING A LOT SOONER. I KNEW OF ONE OTHER PERSON, SOPH SOPHIE DIX, WHO TOLD ME HER STORY AFTER MINE OCCURRED. I EVEN SPOKE TO SOMEBODY AT MIRAMAX ABOUT IT. NOTHING HAPPENED AND IT KIND OF WENT AWAY AND I TRIED TO GO ON WITH MY LIFE. >> YOU DID GO ON WITH YOUR LIFE. YOU WERE A RISING STAR. I WAS A HUGE FAN OF YOURS. I LOVED "MIGHTY APHRODITE." YOU WON THE OSCAR. AND TO YOU, IT FELT LIKE YOUR CAREER KIND OF STALLED. PETER JACKSON, WHO, OF COURSE, THE INFLUENTIAL DIRECTOR OF THE "LORD OF THE RINGS" TRILOGY, CAME OUT AND SAID IT. HE HAD HEARD FROM MIRAMAX, DON'T WORK WITH MIRA SORVINO. IT'S SO RARE TO ACTUALLY HAVE LIVING PROOF FROM SOMEONE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU SUSPECTED FOR SO LONG. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU READ THAT AND HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW? >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I SUSPECTED. I KNEW MY CAREER SLUMPED. I THOUGHT, MAYBE IT'S MY FAULT. I'VE BEEN PREGNANT TOO MANY TIMES. AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE BAD LUCK. I WAS LIKE, OKAY. MAYBE IT WASN'T MEANT TO ME THAT MY CAREER WAS GOING TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME LEVEL IT HAD BEEN. BUT THAT MORNING TO WAKE UP AND SEE PETER JACKSON'S TWEET THAT HE HAD BLACKLISTED MYSELF AND ASHLEY JUDD, BASED ON HARVEY'S, YOU KNOW, TELLING HIM NOT TO WORK WITH US. AND THEN, THE NEXT DAY SAYING THE SAME THING ABOUT "BAD SANTA," IT WAS LIKE A THUNDERBOLT. IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS THIS MALEVOLENT HAND THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY LIFE AND MY PROFESSIONAL HORIZONS? LOOK, I STILL HAVE WORKED ALL THESE YEARS AND I'VE DONE GREAT PROJECTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN LOWER PROFILE. BUT I'M PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. I HAVE THE MOST AMAZING FAMILY IN THE WORLD. I HAVE FOUR MOST BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND THE MOST INCREDIBLE HUSBAND WHO IS STARTING HIS OWN SERIES FOR A MAJOR CABLE NETWORK. BUT HE'S ON A NEW SHOW. EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT FOR US NOW. WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MET IF I HAD DONE "LORD OF THE RINGS." AND I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD MY FOUR, BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AM FINE WITH EVERYTHING. BUT TO KNOW THIS WAS DONE TO ME, RATHER THAN IT JUST BEING FATE, WAS KIND OF WORLD-ROCKING AT THE TIME. RIGHT NOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS MOVEMENT, OF #METOO AND #TIMESUP. I'M WORKING ON PROMOTING LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA, FOUR BILLS THAT ARE AMONG THE STRONGEST ANTI-SEXUAL HARASSMENT LEGISLATION IN THE NATION. THERE'S A #TAKETHELEAD. ABOUT TRAINING WORKERS IN EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ABOUT DEFINING WHO CAN BE A SEXUAL HARASSER. NOT JUST YOUR IMMEDIATE BOSS BUT ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS. IN MY BUSINESS, THAT WOULD BE A DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CASTING DIRECTOR AND INVESTOR. A LOT OF TIMES, INVESTORS GO WITH A QUID PRO QUO THING WITH FEMALE AND MALE PROSPECTS, SAYING I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY FOR YOUR PROJECT OR YOUR MOVIE AND YOUR BUSINESS, IF YOU PLAY BALL WITH ME, IF YOU HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ME. THAT'S HORRENDOUS. BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN IN THIS FIELD AND EVERY FIELD AND IN POWER FOREVER. MEN HAVE RAPED AND ABUSED AND HARASSED PEOPLE WEAKER THAN THEM, PEOPLE IN POSITIONS SUBORDINATE TO THEM. AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING WOMEN, I'M TALKING MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, TRANSPEOPLE, FOREVER. RAPE HAS BEEN WITH US FOREVER. IF WE'RE AT THE CUSP OF THIS MOMENT, WHERE ALL OF THIS ACTION, ALL OF THIS LEGISLATION AND CULTURE CHANGING WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND MEN TO CHANGE THE IDEA OF WHAT BEING A STRONG MAN IS, AND HOW TO NOT DO THIS TO PEOPLE AND FOR WOMEN AND BOYS AND GIRLS TO KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, THEN ALL OF THIS WILL HAVE BEEN WORTH IT, IN SOME CRAZY WAY. IF CULTURE IS GOING TO CHANGE AND LESS PEOPLE WILL BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BECAUSE OF THIS MOVEMENT AND THIS OUTCRY AMONG MILLIONS ACROSS THE WORLD, THEN IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. >> MIRA, YOU HAVE SAID IT SO ELOQUENTLY. YOU ARE A VOICE IN THIS MOVEMENT NOW. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT IT. WE'RE KIND OF OUT OF TIME. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. >> YES, "CONDOR." ON AUDIENCE NETWORK. >> TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT. >> THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, THE REDFORD MOVIE BUT A NEW IT RATI ITRATION. IT'S HOW PEOPLE ARE MANIPULAING WORLD EVENTS AT AN UNBELIEVABLE DEADLY SCALE. AND THIS ONE MAN, JOE TURNER, PLAYED BY MAX IRONS, WHO IS JEREMY IRONS' SON, AN AMAZING ACTOR, IS THE MAN ON THE RUN, BEING HUNTED. I, AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE, FEEL THIS GROUP HURD OF 11 OF HIS CO-WORKERS, I'M GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH WILLIAM HURT, MY EX-LOVER AND FORMER BOSS. >> IT SOUNDS GOOD. >> IT'S A GREAT, GRIPPING, INCREDIBLE THRILLER, NAIL-BITER, CLIFF-HANGER, NO ONE IS SAFE. EVERY EPISODE IS SAFE. YOU PLAY LOSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE. IT'S PERTINENT TO TODAY'S WORLD AND ALL OF THE CAST IS UNIFORMLY INCREDIBLE. >> SOLD. HUGE, INCREDIBLE CAST. >> REALLY AMAZING. AND YOU AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST. MIRA SORVINO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR YOUR CANDOR. THANKS FOR TALKING ABOUT ALL OF
