Woody Allen Interview From 2020 to Feature in ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Special on Paramount+

Woody Allen will speak in a rare interview, conducted last year, airing on Sunday on Paramount+.

The network is exclusively streaming a CBS Sunday Morning special on the career and controversy surrounding the director, accused of molestation by Dylan Farrow.

Anchored by Lee Cowan, the special will feature an in-depth interview with Allen — his first in nearly three decades — which occurred last year following the release of his memoir, Apropros of Nothing.

“The interview, which occurred last summer during an active news cycle, is being presented now given the renewed interest in the controversy surrounding the filmmaker,” said CBS News in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. “The exclusive for Paramount+ offers the ability to explore Allen, his career, and the allegations in context and with the depth that this story demands.”

The special will also include CBS This Morning’s prior interview with Farrow, conducted by Gayle King in 2018, in which she details the allegations that she was abused by Allen in 1992 and denies being coached by her mother, Mia Farrow.

According to the network, the special will include a report from Erin Moriarty that explores what happens when respected artists are alleged to have acted in a morally reprehensible way.  

The special follows HBO’s four-part series Allen v. Farrow from directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick, which included a number of interviews with Dylan and Mia Farrow on the alleged incident, as well as a videotape of the young Dylan recounting what she says happened to her at age 7. The documentary also explored Allen’s behavior toward Dylan in the years prior, and included taped phone calls between Allen and Mia.

The director, who has continued to deny that the alleged incident took place, denied to be interviewed for the series, as did his wife Soon-Yi Previn. Through a spokesperson, Allen called the series a “hatchet job” and said he was approached less than two months before its Feb. 21 premiere.

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