In an interview with The New York Times (19 October), Tarantino admits that he had known about Weinstein’s alleged behaviour long before the accusations were made public, and that he regrets not doing more to stop it.

Revealing that his former girlfriend, Mira Sorvino, had told him about unwelcome advances and touching by Weinstein, while another actress had shared with him a similarly distressing story years later, Tarantino also says that he was aware of Rose McGowan’s financial settlement with the producer.

“I knew enough to do more than I did,” he says. “There was more to it than just the normal rumors, the normal gossip. It wasn’t secondhand. I knew he did a couple of these things.”

Quentin Tarantino admits that he could have done more to stop Harvey Weinstein