Symbol copyright Getty Pictures Image caption Actor Steven Seagal at the 2014 Chinese American Film Festival in California
Ms Furnish, who played the character Peaceful in James Bond movie Die Every Other Day in 2002, says she was emboldened by way of women sharing their tales of sexual harassment as a part of the #MeToo campaign.
The British actress, who was 26 at the time, claims she was once flown to Sofia to rehearse strains in September 2002 after auditioning for a job in Out For A Kill. She says she was excited to meet Mr Seagal, who have been a childhood hero.
She claims she met the actor in a resort suite with the movie’s director, but if left by myself within the room with Mr Seagal, she alleges he requested her to take her stock up a number of occasions, which she refused.
“I stood up to try to distract him. However he was once capable of tug down my best, which used to be strapless. My breasts had been totally uncovered and i was once compelled to hide myself,” she claims.
“He pushed me on to the mattress with pressure. Then he mentioned, ‘I suppose you wish to have to look my personal parts’ – even though he used a different phrase.
“i was looking up and he began to pull down his zip,” she alleges.
Ms Furnish then “burst into tears”, at which element Mr Seagal stopped and commenced to apologise, she says.
She says Mr Seagal instructed her that he favored so far actresses he labored with to improve the “on-display chemistry”.
“It used to be terrible – i was dissatisfied, embarrassed and harm.
“What actress need to be dropped at a persons bed room at the first meeting after which be informed to take their refill?”
Image copyright Mikel Healey Image caption Rachel Furnish, FORTY ONE, now works as an actress, manufacturer and television presenter
Ms Supply says she has been the sufferer of sexual harassment on other occasions but that she has refused to permit the incidents have an effect on her occupation.
“I lost a job and i cried so much but I Am a favorable individual – i tried to take it with a pinch of salt,” she explains, acknowledging that not all sufferers of sexual assault are able to recover.
She desires to end the tradition of wondering why many victims of sexual harassment handiest share their reports years after the development.
“While it happens to you, you are ashamed, you are embarrassed, nobody needs to recognise, nobody. You wish it will get covered in mud and no one will ever recognise.
“i want other people to grasp that it in truth makes extra sense for individuals to talk about it a long time after it occurs – you recover from it after which you’ll speak about it.”
She says she hopes campaigns like Time’s Up and #MeToo might help convey an finish to sexual harassment in the industry.
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