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‘Bombshell’ Starring Margot Robbie And Nicole Kidman Is Inspired By This True Story

Before Harvey Weinstein, there was Roger Ailes - by Chelsea Tromans
  • 29 Oct 2019
‘Bombshell’ Starring Margot Robbie And Nicole Kidman Is Inspired By This True Story

The #MeToo Movement has migrated from our Twitter accounts to the big screen. We’re starting to see movies pop up that are inspired by true stories, like the just-announced Harvey Weinstein film that follows the story of the journalists who brought him down, and Bombshell, which has a female-fronted cast of Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie and is coming out in January.

While Harvey Weinstein may be one of the more well-known tales of serial sexual harassment, before Weinstein there was Roger Ailes.

Bombshell is based on true events that happened in 2016 that led to the downfall of Ailes. 

In 2016, news anchor Gretchen Carlson (played by Nicole Kidman) filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News’ CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes (played by John Lithgow), accusing him of sexual misconduct in the workplace. Carlson says Ailes sabotaged her career after she rejected his advances, including having her fired. 

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In the lawsuit, Carlson says she was subject to "severe and pervasive sexual harassment", adding that Ailes encouraged her to wear certain things, and often asked her to turn around so he could "view her posterior".

When Carlson complained of "sexist and condescending behaviour", Ailes "unlawfully retaliated" and "damaged her career" by cutting her pay, assigning her less favourable news slots, and denying her lead stories.

In response to Carlson bringing against the lawsuit, he told her, “I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you’d be good and better and I’d be good and better.”

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Carlson wasn’t alone in her accusations. When news broke of her lawsuit, more than 20 other women came forward.

Of them was fellow news anchor Megyn Kelly (played by Charlize Theron), who claimed Ailes made non-consensual sexual advances towards her. Kelly didn’t file her own charges - the incident happened 10 years prior - but she did share her story in her memoir, Settle for More.

"Roger called me up to New York and we had a shocking exchange. I was nervous about going into his office, concerned he might start in again. Sure enough he did,” Kelly wrote in her book. “And then he crossed a new line — trying to grab me repeatedly and kiss me on the lips."

Margot Robbie’s Bombshell character Kayla Popsisil, a Fox News associate producer, is fictional.

Ailes resigned two weeks after Carlson’s lawsuit was filed in 2016, however, he received a payout of US$40million. 

He died the following year at the age of 77 of haemophilia.

Bombshell is set to be released in Australia on January 16, 2020.

This article originally appeared on marie claire Australia

Chelsea Tromans
Chelsea Tromans
Chelsea Tromans is a fashion, beauty and lifestyle editor whose words can be found on BEAUTYcrew, marie claire, Women’s Health, WHO, Daily Addict, and The Joye…just to name a few. She’s a night owl who’s trying to train herself to be a morning person (coffee helps!) and she recently traded in her hectic Sydney life for a quieter pace in Brisbane.

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