Since Allen made Manhattan in 1979, critics have noticed a trend of his casting middle-aged romantic leads becoming involved with much younger women. In last year’s Café Society, for example, Steve Carell (53) stars as a Hollywood agent who has an affair with his secretary Kristen Stewart (26).
Allen said last week that the Harvey Weinstein affair was giving rise to a “witch-hunt atmosphere” in Hollywood, where “every guy in an office who winks at a woman is suddenly having to call a lawyer to defend himself.”
The Weinstein scandal first came to light after an investigation by the New York Times but was pushed further onto the world stage by a New Yorker feature written by Allen's son Ronan Farrow.
A Rainy Day in New York — written and directed by Allen — will feature Selena Gomez, Liev Schreiber, Suki Waterhouse and Kelly Rohrbach alongside Fanning and Law. It is set for release some time in 2018.
