The ‘Allen v. Farrow’ directing team has issued a standing offer to interview Woody Allen for the docuseries

Woody Allen has never been criminally charged with assaulting and abusing his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, and continues to deny ever having done so — an assertion of innocence that the new docuseries from directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick refute. Featuring lengthy interviews with Dylan herself, her mother Mia Farrow, and her most well-known brother, Ronan Farrow, Allen v. Farrow (stream now on Crave) tells the story of Dylan’s accusations against her famous father, building a damning case against Allen and his alleged actions. It is, however, missing one key element: a conversation with Allen himself. But, say Ziering and Dick, the option remains on the table.

“We would welcome doing an interview with Mr. Allen – it’s an open invitation,” Ziering told etalk. “We know that it could be a five- or six-part series if there’s things he feels like are important to share that he hasn’t yet shared.”

“He would be welcome. And it’s a standing invitation,” she finished. Dick added that they were very transparent about contacting Allen as they were making the doc.

“We reached out to him and he never responded,” he said, disputing Allen’s claims that the series is a "hatchet job" that leaves out his take on the allegations. “I don’t want that assertion that he 'wasn’t given enough time’ to get any traction because it’s not true. And to prove how untrue it is, I want to say that we’re happy to talk to him at any time and we’re happy to do another four-part series if he’s willing to talk.” 

Demonstrating just how dedicated they are to getting the word out there, Ziering and Dick made similar statements to The Hollywood Reporter.

"His perspective, his first-person testimony is included throughout the series," Ziering said. "We have his own voice reading, his own writing, his press conferences in his words, his court testimony. His side is represented. And he's welcome to do an interview. Standing offer."

The directorial team’s own investigative producer, Amy Herdy, told THR that she contacted Allen’s publicist about the project in 2018. “I know that they got my request because I spoke to an assistant, who confirmed that they got my request," she said. "They never responded. And so I continued to do a deep dive." Allen and his team claim that they were blindsided by the HBO doc and that they were "given only a matter of days 'to respond" before it premiered (in early 2021). 

Dick seems to think that the idea that the series wouldn’t want to interview Allen is preposterous, saying that he has more than a couple questions for the filmmaker. "I have like 50. He's never really sat down with journalists and had an extensive conversation about all the facts in the case."

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As for Dylan, she’s grateful that the story of the abuse she says she suffered is no longer a burden that’s hers alone — one that she didn’t talk about, even to those that were closest with her. Even her brother Ronan admitted to having his own doubts and fears about the allegations for years before finally accepting what his sister said as the truth. “I have been turning away from a real miscarriage of justice here,” he says during the series, adding that Dylan "was incredibly brave about saying, 'No. This is the truth. I have never changed my story, there is evidence on my side. If you actually read the court documents you will see that.’"

In terms of taking her story public in the wake of movements like #MeToo, Farrow’s allegations have seemed to further free her from what she calls the "lifelong sentence" Allen inflicted on her. "I’m tired of not being believed. I'm tired of being told that my experiences don’t matter. I'm tired of feeling like he matters more than me. I'm tired of this whole argument of separating the art from the artist so that you can feel better,” she said about coming forward, adding that the outpouring of support that followed her public statements have "really helped me to reclaim some of my own sense of self-worth."

Watch all four episodes of Allen v. Farrow now on Crave.

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