“It is a disturbing look at what is alleged to be a skin-crawling pattern of behaviour”
Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, BBC1
“Released on YouTube as well as the BBC to ensure maximum impact, it is a disturbing look at what is alleged to be a skin-crawling pattern of behaviour. Jessica Sartenaer and her team have put together a case that bears the unmistakable smell of shoe leather. Clearly, it often takes a long time for allegations like this to see the light because of a culture of silence…That Sartenaer was able to find four women, and allay their concerns enough to let them show their faces onscreen, speaks volumes. We should let their testimonies speak for themselves (this really is a documentary that deserves to be seen, rather than simply read about), but their bravery deserves to be commended.”
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian
“Director Alice McShane’s soberly told programme revolves around the testimonies of a number of women who accuse Leto – the Oscar-winning actor and frontman of rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars – of criminal sexual conduct…Will the BBC’s report damage Leto’s career beyond repair?
“The documentary arrived as Leto’s career was entering an upswing: his comedic performance as the villain Skeletor in Masters of the Universe, released earlier this year, drew widespread praise…But the BBC’s documentary is arguably more hard-hitting than previous reports, in that you can hear and see the women talk about what they suffered, several wiping away tears as they revisit their trauma. Maybe this is the final nail in the coffin for Leto, after all.”
Ed Power, The Telegraph
“It still feels a bit odd to be writing the words “Tinie Tempah” alongside “Extraordinary Extensions” but this is his third time presenting this series and, being a property developer as well as a rapper, he does know what he is talking about. The series is clearly a cash-in on Grand Designs and British viewers’ fetish for property shows (I include myself in this). But here, instead of building an entire house they just add an extension. I suspect viewers still experience a similar frisson of danger and schadenfreude though. Will they run out of money? Will they start bickering? Will their risky, expensive venture end up looking like a dog’s dinner? Let’s hope so!”
Carol Midgley, The Times
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