Overview

• Actor Vincent Gallo is being investigated by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) following allegations of sexual impropriety during auditions for his upcoming film 'The Policeman'.
• Multiple actresses have accused Gallo of making sexually explicit and threatening comments during the audition process.
• The complaints allege that Gallo demanded scenes be 'fully improvised' and that actresses be willing to have their 'minds and bodies be 100 percent dominated' by him at all times.
• Despite the allegations, a spokesperson for the film's production company stated that an intimacy coordinator was hired for the production and that the film was carried out in a 'safe, protective, and respectful environment'.
• The allegations against Gallo come amidst a broader conversation in Hollywood about the need for intimacy coordinators and the protection of actors in scenes involving nudity or simulated sex.