It is worth noting that James Woods has been frozen out of Hollywood for being an outspoken conservative. He has commented on this explicitly.
Here, found it, I thought it was recent.
James Woods retires from acting after saying he’s blacklisted because he’s conservative
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3592938/posts
This very much supports Spktyr’s thesis for why no one has spoken up before now in these sexual harassment cases.
As a side note, Woods is worth following on Twitter.
Exactly. He is a ‘name’ in Hollywood - perhaps not the biggest, but a ‘name’ nonetheless - and he will never get another part in a movie, TV show or on Broadway. The most he might get is voice acting in video games or animation, but that’s because the Hollywood empires/unions don’t have a stranglehold on those... yet.
That’s the power these Hollywood empires have. They can completely lock you out of showbiz to the point where you cannot earn a living doing it. This will also lock you out of anything related to showbiz. You won’t even be able to get a crew job. The Hollywood blacklists are real - only they’re not being used against Communists.