Hugh Hefner’s widow criticises Jessica Biel’s ‘Playboy’ movie: “Please reconsider it”

Hugh Hefner’s widow Crystal has asked Jessica Biel to “reconsider” starring in upcoming Playboy movie Playmates. Written and directed by Lorraine Nicholson, who was friends with Hugh Hefner’s children, Playmates is a coming-of-age tale that sees Indiana Elle’s Elle, a 13-year-old know-it-all who considers the Playboy Mansion her second home, develop an unlikely friendship with Anna (Lily-Rose Depp) one of seven hopefuls vying to be Playmate Of The Month. “The two try to help each other get what the other wants most, a magazine cover and a boy,” reads the official logline. Bill Pullman will star as Hugh Hefner and Jessica Biel will play his fictional wife in Playmates, but the Playboy founder’s widow has now asked her to reconsider. “Please reconsider playing Hugh Hefner’s ‘wife’ if this film intends to romanticise him or the Playboy world,” Crystal wrote in a DM to Biel, that she’s now shared in Instagram. “I was actually his wife, and I experienced sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse in that relationship. Many other women have come forward with allegations of rape, coercion, drugging and exploitation as well. There are also deeply troubling concerns involving minors. I...