MeToo changed the film world

From the perspective of “Tatort” actor Jan Josef Liefers (60), the film world has changed as a result of the MeToo movement. “A lot has happened in the last few years, in my industry and elsewhere. “Especially through the MeToo movement among women, which declared war on limitless male hedonism,” said Liefers in the German edition of “Playboy”. That was successful and important.

However, he also sees downsides. “Some men today think about it four times before paying a woman a compliment, because it could backfire on him.” He said he knows men who get out of the elevator again if they are alone with a strange woman, he said native of Dresden.

“We will find a way to deal with one another without fear and appropriately again. That’s why we are people who need each other.” In 2017, the MeToo debate got rolling, with women around the world making sexism allegations public.

In the past, you had to find a way to deal with injustice and attacks until you were able to defend yourself, says the actor. Everything went “under the invisible heading “Apprenticeship years are not men’s years” and you just had to go through that.” “Today you shouldn’t have to do that anymore, you can take a shortcut and say: ‘I don’t want to go through this crisis that you are causing me. I denounce it loudly and then you are finished and have to apologize.’ Two extremes, there’s probably a good path somewhere in between.”