Sean Young, best known for his roles in “Blade Runner” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, has been in Hollywood for more than 40 years – and has seen a lot. Once marked as hard to work and on the Hollywood blacklist, Young revealed how his career was sabotaged by a handful of “powerful and terribly vindictive men”.
In an interview with The Daily Beast, the actress said she does not consider herself obstinate, but she “made men nervous – and for no particular reason” in the 1980s. During the interview, Stern mentioned David Letterman’s interview in which Young exhibited underarm hair, for which she said Letterman was “intimidated” at the moment.
“David is much more insecure than he lets on,” said Young. “He’s a great guy, though. In my opinion, it is much more common for show business to attract very insecure people. People who need approval. Not really known for attracting honest people, down to earth and down to earth, unless they are on the team. “
Young said he always felt down-to-earth and direct with other people, but then realized that he may have been considered “offensive”.
“That was not my intention,” said Young. “I only got offensive later because I started to get pissed off, like, ‘This is serious. This is my career. You didn’t just blacklist me. It’s terrible.”
After co-starring with Young in “The Boost” in 1988, James Woods filed a harassment lawsuit against her, which she ended up winning. When asked why Woods was so vindictive, she said she learned that a rational person will never be able to understand an irrational person.
“I couldn’t understand it,” said Young. “It was so crazy and stupid, and a waste not only of my time, but not good for him. Why take all the attention out of this film and put it on it? “
The Daily Beast brought a 2009 interview between Young and Carl Reiner, where Reiner said Young’s reputation was unfairly tarnished by a famous director. Asked if that director was Warren Beatty, Young said: “Warren was definitely one of them. Steven Spielberg was another. “
When asked if Beatty was “the worst in the group,” Young replied, “No … I think the despicable or difficult part is that he probably thought he was treating me very well. Do you know what I’m saying? It’s not just Warren – it’s general. Since the cinema business started, women have been treated like a commodity. There was always someone grabbing you and I just ignored it. I mean, did you take a look at Harvey Weinstein? How the hell is he going to have sex unless he has the power? Never.”
In 2017, Young revealed that Weinstein exposed himself to her while working on the 1992 film “Love Crimes”, which was produced by Weinstein’s former company, Miramax. She said to him, “I really wouldn’t pull this thing because it’s not pretty. Keep that little thing. ”That’s when she said she had a bad reputation for saying no.
“And you have to remember, someone so disgusting, think about who he really is inside,” said Young. “I think his game plan was, ‘Be as powerful as possible so that I can have sex.’ This is as simple as most of these plans are for people. It doesn’t get much deeper than that. “
When asked about the “incredibly aggressive and uncomfortable” love scene in “Blade Runner” that Young shot with Harrison Ford, she said that director Ridley Scott really wanted to date her, but she never reciprocated.
“He started dating the actress who played Zhora, Joanna Cassidy, and I felt relieved,” said Young. “And then we did this scene, and I think it was Ridley. I think Ridley was like, ‘fuck off’. I was thinking, ‘Why does it have to be this way? What was the point of that? ‘ and I think it was Ridley’s not-so-subtle message that he was hitting me. “
Young said Scott never hired her again, and when it came to “Blade Runner 2049”, the actress received a cameo with a 30-second hologram.
“Wasn’t that so full of shit?” Said Young. “And there was nothing I could do about it. It was very clear that they knew the public would be upset that I was not in it, but they didn’t want me to complain about it publicly. So, they paid me some money, made me sign a confidentiality agreement and gave me 30 seconds. And I was like, okay. They gave my son Quinn a job at ‘[Blade Runner] 2049 ‘in the visual arts, and I said that everything was forgiven. He has great skills. “
Young talked about the time Charlie Sheen wrote the word “cunt” on a piece of tape and stuck it on her back while filming “Wall Street” in 1987. She said that Sheen used a lot of cocaine on set and was “awful”. In addition, she called Oliver Stone “a bastard” for reducing her role after she defended Daryl Hannah, who was forced to wear a dress she was not comfortable with.
“I look at Oliver and say, ‘Oliver, why do you want her to wear a dress that she doesn’t feel comfortable in?'” Said Young. “He said, ‘Could you excuse us for a minute?’ and I get up and leave the trailer. So, we’re doing the rehearsal and he follows my only line on the scene – Bud is talking about racehorses and I turn to him and say, ‘These are jumping horses, honey, these aren’t racehorses’, like a big snob and he gives my speech to Daryl. “
After nearly getting the role of Marion Ravenwood in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, Young said he offended Steven Spielberg after asking him at a New Year’s party why she didn’t get the role.
“He said, ‘I have not deceived you! I did not do! ‘”Said Young. “I was like, ‘Wow, calm down. I didn’t mean like you were a bad guy or something, I really thought I was going to get the part. You took me back to California twice. Very sensitive.”
Of all the men mentioned, Young praised his co-star in “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, Jim Carrey. She said he fought for her to get the role, although Morgan Creek Productions wanted someone else.
“He is the only protagonist who has ever done this for me,” said Young. “Jim came in and said,“ No, no, no. Whatever you are listening to is bullshit. She’s great.'”