{"id":1183406,"date":"2020-03-10T00:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/lifestyle\/1183406\/amanda-redman-reveals-me-too-moment-during-audition\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T00:03:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:03:51","slug":"amanda-redman-reveals-me-too-moment-during-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/lifestyle\/1183406\/amanda-redman-reveals-me-too-moment-during-audition\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Redman reveals Me Too moment during audition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"before-the-content-hook-1\" class=\"content-hook\"><\/div><p>Amanda Redman has claimed she was asked to take her trousers off during an audition at the BBC when she was 22.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, 62, said she remembered the name of the man but refused to reveal his identity.<\/p>\n<p>Redman said similar incidents “happened every day” when she was starting out in the TV and film industries in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n<!-- EMBED START Image --><figure id=\"embedded223725305\"><img src=\"\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7bb7d924a993a8b260e5a886cb5dbbd2Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTgzODczOTA3\/2.23725305.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Dear Lupin Opening Night – London\" data-title=\"Dear Lupin Opening Night – London\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7bb7d924a993a8b260e5a886cb5dbbd2Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTgzODczOTA3\/2.23725305.jpg?w=220 220w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7bb7d924a993a8b260e5a886cb5dbbd2Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTgzODczOTA3\/2.23725305.jpg?w=441 441w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/7bb7d924a993a8b260e5a886cb5dbbd2Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTgzODczOTA3\/2.23725305.jpg?w=883 883w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\"><figcaption>Amanda Redman with her husband Damian Schnabel (Ian West\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure><!-- EMBED END Image -->\n<p>She recalled the moment during an interview with Radio Times alongside her co-star in The Good Karma Hospital, Neil Morrissey.<\/p>\n<p>Redman said: “I had one – this was an audition for the BBC – I walked in and the guy said, ‘Those purple velvet jeans look lovely on you, but I think they’d look better on the floor, would you take them off please?’”<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey replied: “Hashtag MeToo! A BBC show?”<\/p>\n<p>Redman said: “Oh, darling, it happened every day. I didn’t take them off, obviously. I burst into tears and I ran.<\/p>\n<p>“I remember exactly who it was, but I won’t be saying. That was the norm then. I was 22 as well – a baby, really.”<\/p>\n<p>Redman said ageism and sexism were still an issue in British TV and that representation was “rare”.<\/p>\n<!-- EMBED START Twitter --><figure><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let us cure your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MondayBlues?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MondayBlues<\/a> by reminding you that The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoodKarmaHospital?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoodKarmaHospital<\/a> returns to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ITV<\/a> in 6 days. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i1t5XcBKzN\">pic.twitter.com\/i1t5XcBKzN<\/a><\/p><p>— Good Karma Hospital (@goodkarmahosp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goodkarmahosp\/status\/1237079714591846401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure><!-- EMBED END Twitter -->\n<p>She added: “On telly. It really is. I was thinking about the fact that the Americans seem less frightened of intimacy between older couples.<\/p>\n<p>“I’m watching Madam Secretary, and the two leads are in their late 50s and have a really healthy sexual relationship. And it’s not repulsive. We in Britain tend to shy away from that. There’s ageism involved there.<\/p>\n<p>“And – I’m going to get on my soapbox here – I believe that exists in this industry in our country.<\/p>\n<p>“Especially when it comes to women. There are lots of actresses in their 50s who are wonderful, and they are nomads. Seriously. The men have a much easier time of it. They just do. 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