Olivia Munn has recently opened up about her disagreement with a male director who worked with her on The Newsroom.
The New Girl actress revealed that the director tried to sabotage her career during an appearance on Dax Shepard’s podcast Armchair Expert.
Olivia mentioned that the director “came in multiple times” at the time of her stint on the show and she was not happy with the character in a work setting.
“There was a storyline where my character and Tom Sadoski’s character are dating and falling in love,” said the 44-year-old.
The Ride Along 2 actress explained that the director tried to force her to “carry that storyline” only on her side.
“He’s like, ‘Can you look out at him and smile?’ And I’m like, ‘While 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,’” recalled Olivia.
Meanwhile, the actress was shocked to learn that the same director ruined her career as he discouraged other movie-makers from casting her for a movie role.
“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,’” explained the Magic Mike star.
Olivia told Dax, “I lived seven minutes from there. I was never late. I was like, ‘I know who this is.’ He just was trying to bash me.”
However, the actress added that she would always remember this director who wanted to “ruin” her chances of getting any other role mainly “because of our conflicts”.
Olivia can be seen alongside Jon Hamm in the Apple TV+ series, Your Friends & Neighbours.