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Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How Olivia Munn's Career Was Almost Ruined by The Newsroom Director
Olivia Munn has opened up about a frustrating behind-the-scenes experience from her time on The Newsroom. During a recent interview, she revealed how creative clashes with one of the show's directors nearly ruined her career. Olivia Munn recently opened up about her time on HBO's The Newsroom. She revealed that her behind-the-scenes clashes with one of the show's directors nearly cost her future career opportunities. Speaking candidly on the June 30 episode of Armchair Expert, Munn described how tensions began after her character, Sloan Sabbith, became romantically involved with Don Keefer, played by Thomas Sadoski. Although Munn cherished her role and the audience's positive response to Sloan, she explained that one director insisted on steering her character in a direction she disagreed with. The said director consistently tried to shift her performance to focus more on flirtation and romance, even in scenes where she felt it was out of character. When Munn resisted those changes, she said it created friction. She said, 'I just fought back so much.' Their creative disagreements reached a point where the director accused her of being 'too strong' and 'forceful.' Munn refused to compromise, even when a producer acknowledged the increasing tension. But the issues didn't end there. After The Newsroom, Munn claimed the same director attempted to sabotage a major film opportunity for her. Just before landing a role, her team was informed that the director from The Newsroom had warned the filmmakers that Munn was 'combative' and often late to set. Munn said the accusation was entirely false, adding that she lived only seven minutes from the studio and was always on time. Talking about the director, she said, 'He just was trying to bash me.' Although she ultimately got the role, she said the experience left her frustrated. She added, '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 post How Olivia Munn's Career Was Almost Ruined by The Newsroom Director appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
News.com.au
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Olivia Munn claims director ‘wanted to ruin' her career over on-set clash
A director Olivia Munn worked with allegedly tried to kill her acting career in retaliation for their on-set feud. The actress, 45, alleged on the Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast earlier this week that her manager informed her that an unnamed filmmaker had been badmouthing her to casting directors. She said her rep told her, '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.' Munn denied the director's claims about her tardiness and chalked up the rest to him just 'trying to bash' her because they had disagreements about creative differences on set. She said she worked with the filmmaker on Seasons 2 and 3 of the popular HBO series, and they particularly butted heads over her romance storyline with Thomas Sadoski's character, Don Keefer. 'He kept trying to force me to carry that storyline — only on my side,' Munn claimed. She also alleged that the director would ask her to flirtatiously 'smile' or 'kiss' her love interest when her character, Sloan Sabbith, was supposed to be in the middle of working. 'I've got this new Bloomberg machine, and I'm so excited, and he's like, 'Can you look out at him and smile?'' the X-Men: Apocalypse star claimed. Munn claimed that one 'insane' request was when Sabbith found out Keefer had been doing 'insider trading' and the director told her, 'I don't think that you're that angry at him. It's kind of funny.' 'I just fought back so much,' she said, claiming that the final straw for her was one scene when she simply had to tell the director, 'No, I'm not doing (that).' He allegedly responded, 'Look, it's my job as a director to see all the different colours of the rainbow and you are looking at only one colour, and I don't think you realise how you're coming off.' When she asked him to clarify how she was being perceived — to which he allegedly replied, 'Really forceful and strong' — the Predator star said she told him, 'Great, that's what I wanted,' and walked away. Once their issues became known to those involved in her future auditions, Munn said she had her reps explain the situation and she said she still got the role. 'But I will always remember that,' the Your Friends & Neighbors star reflected, 'just because of our conflicts of how we approached a role, he wanted to ruin my chances of getting anything else.' According to IMDb, there were 11 male directors that worked on The Newsroom from 2012 to 2014. Munn's rep did not immediately return Page Six's request for further comments on the matter.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Olivia Munn says male director tried to 'ruin' her chances to get future roles after HBO dispute
Olivia Munn is opening up about a harsh experience on the set of HBO 's The Newsroom with a director who tried to hinder her from getting future roles. The 44-year-old actress was first best known as a correspondent on the popular G4 series Attack of the Show, before breaking through as an actress as Sloan Sabbith on The Newsroom. She opened up about an unnamed director on The Newsroom during a wide-ranging chat with Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert podcast. The actress - who recently made headlines for comments about Jeff Bezos' ex Mackenzie Scott - realized this director wanted to put his 'imprint' on her Sloan Sabbith character, which involved a romantic relationship with Thomas Sadoski's Don Keefer. 'There was a storyline where my character and Tom Sadoski's character are dating and falling in love,' she said. However, the director, 'kept trying to force me to carry that storyline only on my side. He's like, "Can you look out at him and smile?" And I'm like, "Why she's busy doing this?" She added that he would suggest, '"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."' There was another scene where she finds out that Keefer engaged in some 'insider trading with information I got him,' and while her reaction for the character was naturally one of outrage, the director thought otherwise. 'They were like "I don't think that you're that angry with him it's kind of funny." I just fought back so much and then it got to this place where there was one scene and I was like "No I'm not,"' she admitted. 'And he goes he said "Look it's my job as a director to see all the different colors of the rainbow." And you are looking at only one color and I don't think you realize how you're coming off and I said "How am I coming off?" and he said really forceful and strong and I said, "Great, that's what I wanted," and walked away,' she said. Munn added that some time after that incident, she was, 'on the one-yard line for a movie,' and she found out that this director had spoken out against her. '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,' she said. '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. And I told my reps, "Please tell the directors this,"' Munn said. She added, '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.' Munn also opened up about one of her exes, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers, during the podcast, revealing she didn't watch the new Netflix documentary about him. She also opened up about rumors that she started the rift with his family, which he recently debunked. 'There's this whole big narrative that stayed with me for so many years, but there was just this dynamic in the family that had nothing to do with me. It became this whole big thing, and people were like, "I can't with her, she's keeping this family apart."' 'People have speculated for many years what was the rift, and I know, but I'm not saying because it's not my story to tell,' Olivia revealed.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Aya Cash, Ella Rubin Get Forced Into Family Time in the Trailer for Dramedy ‘Adult Children' (Exclusive)
Aya Cash, Betsy Brandt and Ella Rubin navigate complicated sibling dynamics in the trailer for the dramedy feature Adult Children. Rich Newey directed the indie film that premieres at the Bentonville Film Festival on June 19 and is currently seeking distribution. Thomas Sadoski and Mimi Rogers also star in the movie hailing from 521 Films. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Superman' Final Trailer Shows David Corenswet "Doing Important Stuff" Ariel Winter's Friends Start to Vanish in Trailer for Thriller 'Don't Log Off' (Exclusive) Gavin Newsom Found: 'The 33' Casts Actor as Politician in Film About Homeless Crisis (Exclusive) Adult Children centers on Morgan (Rubin), a 17-year-old who is working on her college applications when she suddenly finds herself spending an extended amount of time with her much older half-siblings. The group is awkwardly brought together after a crisis involving wayward brother Josh (Sadoski). 'When I was little, I was extremely jealous of my older siblings,' Rubin says in voiceover during the trailer. 'If they spent their childhoods reacting instead of dreaming, all I could do was dream of something to react to. That something showed up this summer.' Later, Rogers quips, 'Apparently, this is a popular season for falling off the wagon.' Newey (Killing Eleanor) helmed the film from a script by Annika Marks. Newey, Marks, Sadoski and Angie Gaffney serve as producers. Following its debut at Bentonville this month, Adult Children is set to screen at Galway Film Fleadh on July 11. Cash is known for her roles in the series You're the Worst, Fosse/Verdon and The Boys and for appearing in such features as Game Over, Man! Brandt's television credits include Breaking Bad and Saint X. Rubin has had roles in the recent features The Idea of You, Anora, Until Dawn and Fear Street: Prom Queen. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now
