By Greg Halbleib

BLOOMINGTON – A former actress from the Twin Cities says her role in a movie improved after now-disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein noticed her, although that was the extent of her contact with him.

Amanda Wycoff recalled working in 2000 as an extra in the film “View from the Top” which was produced by Weinstein. Wycoff said Weinstein was on set one day when she was on camera.

“We get done with that scene, and a bunch of my extra friends–we had become real tight there–said, ‘Did you hear Harvey Weinstein? He was asking who you were,'” Wycoff told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin. “I said, ‘Really? Interesting.’ None of this stuff had come out then. I was thinking I got noticed by the producer and this is great.”

Shortly after Weinstein’s appearance on set, Wycoff says her original role as an extra for three days of filming turned into a speaking role with about six months of work. She says she did not have any further contact with Weinstein, and she’s thankful she’s not one of the many actresses whom the once-powerful producer is accused of sexually harassing.

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