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Woody Allen Offers Rare Reflections on Marriage to Soon‑Yi Previn in WSJ Interview

The 89-year-old filmmaker is promoting a new book, reviving scrutiny of a relationship long entangled with decades-old family allegations.

Overview

  • In a Wall Street Journal interview tied to What's with Baum?, Allen praised Previn as "disciplined," "decisive," a "wonderful mother" with a "larger-than-life personality."
  • He said he never expected to marry someone "much younger" and described Previn as the "social and cultural driver" in their relationship.
  • Allen and Previn married in 1997 and adopted two daughters, and he first knew her while he was in a relationship with her mother, Mia Farrow.
  • Coverage revisits the 1992 family rupture and allegations by Dylan Farrow that Allen denies, which have not led to criminal charges.
  • Allen and Previn have condemned HBO’s Allen v Farrow as a "hatchet job," while a producer says outreach for an interview was made.