Ray Winstone recalls taking stand against sexual abuse

Ray Winstone recalled having a heated conversation with the unnamed director after he caught them abusing his power over one of his female co-stars.

During his interview with The Times of London, the 69-year-old English actor shared that he witnessed a director “groping” one of his female co-stars and how he stopped him from abusing his power.

Winstone said, “I had this director once. I was in a scene where I had to pick up this girl, and the director wanted to show me what to do. But he was groping her. That was it. I said, ‘Don’t you dare do that.’ He abused his power, took advantage, and she was a good kid, you know, who seemed a little lost. Anyway, it was dealt with.”

The reporter asked him to elaborate on what he meant by “dealt with” the situation, to which he replied, “Well, back in the day, if there was a wrong ’un on set, 99 times out of 100 it was sorted, either by the hairy-arse riggers or sparks.”

“I’ve done it myself too, taken someone to the side to give them a slap or to tell them, in no uncertain terms, to behave. But it’s a different world today,” the Beowulf star admitted.

It is pertinent to mention that Ray Winstone is set to reprise his role as Bobby Glass in the sophomore season of the Guy Ritchie crime drama The Gentlemen, which is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on September 3, 2026.