Anna Faris has revealed the identification of the director she accused of inappropriately touching her on set.
Faris revealed on her podcast “Anna Faris Is Unqualified” that Ivan Reitman, the late director of “My Tremendous Ex-Girlfriend,” “slapped my a—” throughout manufacturing and “yelled” at her on her first day, which left her “offended, harm and humiliated.”
“One in every of my hardest movie experiences was with Ivan Reitman. I imply, the thought of trying to make a comedy beneath this, like, reign of terror, he was a yeller. He would deliver down anyone day by day … and my first day, it was me,” the 45-year-old actress mentioned in a dialog with Lena Dunham about the best way individuals behave on set.
“I don’t suppose you’re the primary one who’s reported that. And I’m so sorry you had that have. And did nobody step in and say, ‘No’?,” Dunham, 36, replied.
“No. It was, like, 2006,” Faris mentioned.
The Publish has reached out to Faris’ rep for remark.
“The Home Bunny” actress has spoken intimately concerning the incident earlier than — however by no means revealed the identify of the director she was accusing.
On an older episode of her podcast in 2017, Faris recalled one second that left her so surprised, all she might do was “giggle.”
“I used to be doing a scene the place I used to be on a ladder and I used to be presupposed to be taking books off a shelf and he slapped my ass in entrance of the crew so onerous,” she shared. “I keep in mind wanting round and seeing the crew members being like, ‘Wait, what are you going to do about that? That appeared bizarre.’”
“And that’s how I dismissed it. I used to be like, ‘Properly, this isn’t a factor. Like, it’s not that huge of a deal. Buck up, Faris. Like, simply giggle.’ However it made me really feel small. He wouldn’t have accomplished that to the lead male,” she continued.
Faris additionally claimed in 2017 the “Ghostbusters” director instructed her agent she was employed due to her “nice legs.”
“And pay attention, that’s a f—ing nice praise. I like my legs. However that form of knowledgeable my entire expertise with that entire mission,” she admitted. “I don’t suppose the male lead received employed as a result of he had nice legs. Subsequently I felt like I’m employed due to these parts — not due to [talent].”
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