Los Angeles: Hangover actor Bradley Cooper, is making his directorial debut with ‘A Star Is Born’, has recently addressed widespread allegations of sexual harassment against Jon Peters, a onetime producer of 1976 version of A Star Is Born. It has been revealed in a report that Peters, has been sued for sexual harassment at least five times, with some of the suits settled out of court.
“If I had known all those things, I would have done it differently. And I guess it’s … I wanted to make the movie, I knew I had to get consent from him, otherwise, there’s no film. But I should have checked. I guess that’s the thing. With this property, there are many writers that come before — if you see the end credits, it’s like, there are 10 writers. And (Jon Peters) was part of the, I guess, the grandfather clause of the movie, and we had to get his consent in order to make the movie.” -Bradley Cooper
Cooper further mentioned that he worked towards creating “an environment where everybody feels safe” as he knows about the “huge responsibility” of directing a film.
“There’s no room for disrespect, nothing. And that’s something that you’d have to ask everybody who was involved, but I feel like that’s the environment I created. Luckily, Jon wasn’t there.” -Bradley Cooper