Who Was The Inventor Of Casting Couch?

Time and again big names and celebrities are known to sexually exploit women in the name of setting their careers, especially in the showbiz. This later on came to be known as Casting Couch. But who exactly did it begin from? This is a less known story about the world famous mime Charlie Chaplin who can mostly be called the inventor of ‘Casting Couch.’

In a Twitter Thread, a stand up comedian Kajol Srinivisan while referring to the book Golden Grope: A History of Hollywood Harassment by Film Historian Kevin Browning said Charlie Chaplin auditioned female actors whilst making them stand naked leaning to a wall while he three pies on them.