Endgame" director Joe Russo blames Harvey Weinstein for keeping blockbusters out of awards season. During a sit down with The Sunday Times, Russo said that the reason big budget, high grossing films are largely barred from major awards contention is because of a trend "started by Harvey Weinstein.

Joe Russo, one-half of the sibling powerhouse producing/directing team known as the Russo Brothers, posited that today’s blockbuster versus indie discourse is in large part to Harvey Weinstein’s Oscars campaign playbook.

The director claims that before the 1990s, blockbuster movies were more regularly recognized by major awards bodies.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Stiles claimed that Weinstein insisted on adding a dance scene to the film, allegedly attempting to replicate her popular dance moments from 10 Things I Hate About You and Save the Last Dance. She criticized the addition as “cheap” and unnecessary, saying, “I felt so slimy doing it the whole time.”

Harvey Weinstein responded to Julia Stiles recently saying that she “felt so slimy” filming a specific scene at the now-disgraced filmmaker’s behest for the 2000 rom-com “Down to You.” On Brett Goldstein’s “Films To Be Buried With” podcast last week,

Julia Stiles is recalling working with Harvey Weinstein on a movie she says was “executed very poorly.” The actress appeared on a recent episode of the Films To Be Buried with Brett Goldstein podcast, where she opened up about feeling “so slimy” during reshoots for her 2000 teen rom-com Down to You .