Matthew Lawrence fired from agency after refusing to strip for Oscar-winning director offering a Marvel role

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Actor Matthew Lawrence is opening up about a horrible experience that involved an Oscar-winning film director.

The 43-year-old actor began the April 28th episode of his Brotherly Love podcast with a gripping story regarding his experience as a victim of sexual harassment in Hollywood.

The show, co-hosted by his brothers and fellow actors Joey and Andrew Lawrence, had Lawrence reflecting on an audition for a Marvel project in which a director asked him to take off his clothes during a meeting, and Lawrence refused to comply.

โ€œThereโ€™s been many times in my life where Iโ€™ve been propositioned to get a huge role,โ€ Lawrence began on the podcast.

The actor then began to disclose how he โ€œlost his agencyโ€ because โ€œI went to a hotel roomโ€ where Lawrence allegedly met with a prominent director, who โ€œshowed up in a robe, asked me to take my clothes off, said he needed to take Polaroids of me and said if I did X, Y, and Z, I would be the next Marvel character.โ€

Lawrence further alleges that his agency, which he didnโ€™t name, fired him for not proceeding to the hotel room with the director.

Later in the conversation, the actor complimented the efforts of the #MeToo movement for helping shine a brighter light on sexual harassment in Hollywood. However, he also argued that insufficient conversation surrounds the experiences of men working in the industry.

โ€œNot a lot of guys, in my opinion, have come out and talked about this in the industry,โ€ Lawrence stated.


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