Javier Bardem says accusations against Woody Allen are ‘just gossip’ until he is ‘proven to be guilty’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In 2018, Bardem, who starred in Allen’s 2008 film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, said he was “absolutely not” ashamed to have worked with the director, adding that he was “shocked” by how Allen had been treated in the media. Beyond that, it’s just gossip.” When asked about the fact that Bardem’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona co-star Rebecca Hall had denounced Allen, Bardem said: “To tell you the truth, I don’t follow any of that, what people said. “If the case re-opens and he is proven to be guilty, I will be the first to say: ‘What a horrible thing.’ But so far, I haven’t seen that.” Dylan Farrow in HBO’s documentary Allen v Farrow Bardem fell in love with his wife, the actor Penélope Cruz, on the set of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Bardem can next be seen as the Cuban-American actor Desi Arnaz in his new film Being the Ricardos, opposite Nicole Kidman’s Lucille Ball.