Shakespeare In Love star Joseph Fiennes says he was intimidated by Harvey Weinstein. The disgraced producer promised to sink his career if he refused to sign an exclusive contract with his Miramax studio.

"It was a bullying tactic that ruffled my hair," says the star of the dystopian seriesThe Handmaid's Tale. Ralph Fiennes' younger brother told the Guardian that this act of defiance "did not help him. Weinstein was very clear: he would not support me. But I was proud not to be part of his clan."