In front of last night’s broadcast from the fourth and last (more on that in a moment) episode of Allen v. Farrow, directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, along with lead reporter Amy Herdy, spoke at length with THR about the series, which reviews Dylan Farrow’s allegations of sexual abuse against her former adoptive father, Woody Allen, in harrowing details. Allen recently released a statement about the series through a spokesperson, calling Allen v. Farrow a “hatchet job” and claimed that he only had “days” to respond to an interview request that was made two months earlier Allen v. Farrow debuted. In response, Ziering refuted the idea that Allen’s voice was not heard and extended an open invitation if Allen really wanted to be interviewed, adding that HBO would probably do another episode of the series:
Your perspective, your first-person testimony is included throughout the series. We have your own voice reading, your own writing, your press conferences in your words, your testimony in court. Your side is represented. And he is welcome to do an interview [with us]. Permanent offer. We are sure that HBO would do a fifth episode. Was here.
In addition, Herdy rejects Allen’s claim that he did not have enough time to respond to interview requests, revealing that she actually contacted her publicist twice in 2018 after a widely publicized interview in which Allen called himself a “poster boy” for the #MeToo movement. Herdy says: “And I know that you received my order because I spoke to an assistant, who confirmed that you received my order. They never responded. And so I continued to dive deep. ”
The result of this work is a harrowing series that gives Dylan Farrow a platform to tell his story in full, something she had avoided sharing in depth, even with loved ones, until recently: “Growing up, I never talked about it with any of my brothers. None of them asked, ”says Farrow about the abuse and subsequent investigations she suffered when she was a seven-year-old. “They all went through their own emotional challenge because of that. I didn’t even talk about it in depth with my mom. Even with my therapist. ”The documentary features interviews with several of his brothers, including Fletcher Previn and Ronan Farrow (who admits that once she had “devastating fights” with her sister when she expressed a desire to make her story public), as did her mother, Mia Farrow. In addition to Dylan’s alleged abuse, Farrow had to face Allen’s lawyers and a battle for child custody after the separation; Allen, who continues to deny abusing Dylan, was caught having an affair with Farrow’s adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, and the two later married.