{"id":875897,"date":"2026-10-09T03:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875897\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:54:08","slug":"hugh-hefners-widow-asks-jessica-biel-to-reconsider-playing-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875897\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Hefner’s Widow Asks Jessica Biel to Reconsider Playing His Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCrystal Harris, who was married to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner until his death in 2017, is asking Jessica Biel<\/a> to reconsider playing a fictional version of Hefner\u2019s wife in the upcoming film \u201cPlaymates<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Biel\u2019s casting was announced<\/a>, Harris posted her message to Biel on Instagram<\/a>, saying \u201cPlease reconsider playing Hugh Hefner\u2019s wife if this film intends to romanticize him or the Playboy world. I was actually his wife, and I experienced sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse in that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLorraine Nicholson, the daughter of Jack Nicholson, is writing and directing the Searchlight film that also stars Bill Pullman as Hefner as well as Lily-Rose Depp and \u201cThe HousemaidIndiana Elle. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMany other woman have come forward with allegations of rape, coercion, drugging and exploitation as well,\u201d Harris wrote, \u201cThere are also deeply troubling concerns involving minors. I hope everyone involved this film takes the time to listen the women who lived it before helping Hollywood turn it back into nostalgia.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Hefner\u2019s death, Harris revealed her experiences at the \u201ctoxic\u201d Playboy mansion in her 2024 memoir \u201cOnly Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the synopsis, the \u201cPlaymates\u201d movie revolves around \u201cElle (Elle), a 13-year-old know-it-all who considers the Playboy Mansion her second home, and meets Anna (Depp), one of seven hopefuls vying to be Playmate of the Month. The two form an unlikely friendship and try to help each other get what the other wants most, a magazine cover and a boy.\u201d Nicholson has written for magazines about her childhood experiences at the Playboy Mansion. <\/p>\n

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