Anna Faris Accuses Director Ivan Reitman of Abusive Behavior

Actress Anna Faris has accused Ivan Reitman, whom she labored with on the set of My Super Ex-Girlfriend, of abusive habits and bullying.

“One of my hardest film experiences was with Ivan Reitman,” the Mom alum, 45, alleged in a Wednesday, October 19, episode of her “Anna Faris Is Unqualified” podcast. “I mean, the idea of attempting to make a comedy under this, like, reign of terror, he was a yeller. He would bring down somebody every day … and my first day, it was me.”

Faris spoke with visitor Lena Dunham, claiming that Reitman “slapped my ass” in public and continuously yelled at her once they labored collectively on My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

The House Bunny actress starred as Hannah Lewis within the romantic comedy, reverse Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson. The film — which was launched in July 2006 — follows Wilson’s Matt Saunders break up with Thurman’s Jenny Johnson over her clinginess. In retaliation, Jenny makes use of her newly found superpowers to get revenge on her former beau. Faris, for her half, performed Matt’s coworker and new crush.

The Maryland native’s first day on set featured a struggle scene between her and Thurman, now 52. However, manufacturing was allegedly delayed after “a big jar of wig glue” was spilled on Faris within the make-up trailer.

“I was terrified truly that Ivan thinks I’m some kind of diva for not coming out of my trailer,” Faris stated of the late Ghostbusters director, who died in February on the age of 75, earlier than detailing her filming expertise. “I’m, like, in the middle of the street that’s all lit, it’s a night shoot, and Ivan is just taking me down. He was just like ‘Annie!’ — he always called me Annie — he’s like ‘you can’t play like that around here!’ — and I was like ‘don’t do it, don’t cry, no crying,’ and I felt angry and hurt and humiliated and defensive.”

The What’s Your Number? star even famous that she requested Reitman if he had heard concerning the wardrobe snafu, which prompted him to ultimately be quiet as he returned to his perch behind the digicam. She added: “But then later he slapped my ass, too. That was a weird moment.”

The Girls alum, 36, stated that Faris shouldn’t be the primary actress to share their story about working with Reitman, however the Overboard actress felt she was unable to return ahead on the time as a result of “it was 2006.”

Faris beforehand instructed an identical story of office harassment throughout an October 2017 episode of her “Unqualified” podcast.

“I was doing a scene where I was on a ladder and I was supposed to be taking books off a shelf and he slapped my ass in front of the crew so hard,” the Scary Movie star stated on the time with out mentioning the filmmaker’s identify. “And all I could do was giggle. I remember looking around and I remember seeing the crew members being like, ‘Wait, what are you going to do about that? That seemed weird.’ And that’s how I dismissed it.”

She continued: “I was like, ‘Well, this isn’t a thing. Like, it’s not that big of a deal. Buck up, Faris. Like, just giggle.’ But it made me feel small. He wouldn’t have done that to the lead male.”

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