Olivia Munn, popular for her amazing work in The Newsroom, has recently talked about a difficult and painful experience that almost cost her another project.
In a candid interview, the actress revealed that a director from The Newsroom, whom she didn’t mention, made moves to damage her career after they had a disagreement on set.
Describing what happened, The Newsroom actress said, “There was one director who came in multiple times.” “And there was a storyline where my character and Tom Sadoski’s character are dating and falling in love. He kept trying to force me to carry that storyline only on my side.”
She said that [the director] wanted her to not focus on her character and instead pay full attention to Sadoski’s character, Don Keefer. “He’s like, ‘Can you look out at him and smile?’ And I’m like, ‘Why? She’s busy doing this.’ Or, ‘Can you stop and snuggle up to him or flirt with him?’ Or, ‘Can you give him a kiss?’ And I’m like, ‘This is in the middle of working.'”
The actress also revealed that another movie studio told her that [the director] told them that Olivia Munn was really hard to work with.
“I was on the one-yard-line for the movie, and my manager calls me and says, ‘Hey, you’re gonna get the role. But first, I guess there’s another director who they know, and he says that, on The Newsroom, you were late all the time and really combative.”
“I lived seven minutes from there. I was never late,” Olivia Munn explained. “And I was like, ‘I know who this is.’ He just was trying to bash me.”
Before ending her story, Olivia said, “And I told my reps, ‘Please tell the directors this.’ And then I still got the role. But I will always remember that, just because of our conflicts of how we approached a role, he wanted to ruin my chances of getting anything else.”
The Hollywood star Olivia Munn appeared in the political drama series alongside big names like Alison Pill, Jeff Daniels, Thomas Sadoski, and Emily Mortimer.
