Veteran actor Michael Caine has ruled out working with Woody Allen again after he heard about the allegations against the director.
84-year-old Caine won an Oscar for his role in Allen’s widely acclaimed 1985 film Hannah and Her Sisters but speaking to the Guardian newspaper he said he was "stunned" by the accusations against the filmmaker after several actors and Hollywood figures condemned him following the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Allen has strenuously denied the allegations.
"I’m a patron of the NSPCC and have very strong views about paedophilia," Caine said in reference to the UK’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
"I can’t come to terms with it, because I loved Woody and had a wonderful time with him. I even introduced him to Mia [Farrow]. I don’t regret working with him, which I did in complete innocence; but I wouldn’t work with him again, no."
Allen’s 32-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow recently renewed her allegations against him when she appeared on the CBS Morning Show in January 2018.
She said that actors who work with the director should "acknowledge their complicity" in perpetrating a "culture of silence in their industry."
