Get the latest gossip

Anna Kendrick Says ‘F— You’ to Director Who Dissed Her in Front of 100 Extras in Order to ‘Embarrass Me and Gain Dominance’: ‘It Was Very Icky’

Anna Kendrick says a director strategically set her up to fail on set so he could embarrass her in a room full of 100 extras.

Anna Kendrick was asked during an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast to name the worst note she ever got from a director while filming, and she answered by calling out one filmmaker for strategically embarrassing her on set in front of dozens of extras. Kendrick did not name the director or the film, but her story shocked the “Happy Sad Confused” live audience as they gasped when it was revealed how the filmmaker dissed to her. “It’s a lot easier for me to talk in extreme detail about certain moments in certain scenes, or about movies that were inspirations than it is to answer the questions that come up the most frequently — ‘Why this project?

Get the Android app