“Bitch! I’m not here to be fucking yelled at!” he shouts. Russell is eventually seen sweeping props off a desk, causing a person in the corner to cower as objects go flying.
July 2003: In a now-infamous video taken on the Huckabees set, actress Lily Tomlin expresses frustration with a “constant barrage of changes” being asked of her. He allegedly demanded that Nolan give up on his star to show “artistic solidarity.” Law remained in the Huckabees cast. The Times reports that, with party guests watching, Russell put Nolan in a headlock and wrapped his arm around his fellow director’s neck. The director reportedly wanted Jude Law to star in I Heart Huckabees but heard that Law had decided to take a role in one of Nolan’s movies instead. In 2012, Clooney tells THR that he and Russell ran into each other at a party and agreed to end their feud.Īpril 2003: Per the New York Times, Russell physically attacks Christopher Nolan at a Hollywood party. Still, Roven corroborates that Clooney and Russell ended up “tussling” after Clooney stepped in and was subsequently insulted.
“If I ran into him, I’d say, ‘Shut the fuck up, you lying-ass bitch.’” Three Kings producer Charles Roven later tells The Hollywood Reporter that Russell was not picking on the AD but simply yelling so he could be heard on a loud set. “I never physically attacked him,” he claims in 2004, per The Guardian. Russell, meanwhile, denies harming his leading man.
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Clooney tells Playboy that shooting the movie was “truly, without exception, the worst experience of my life.” Russell allegedly instructed Clooney to worry about his own performance, headbutted him, and grabbed his throat. But you can’t shove, push or humiliate people who aren’t allowed to defend themselves.’” According to Clooney, this made him a new target of Russell’s anger. “I was trying to make things work, so I went over and put my arm around him,” Clooney says. Clooney recalls Russell pushing the extra to the ground, kicking him, and questioning if he wanted to be “in this fucking movie.” Russell allegedly also flung his walkie-talkie on the ground and cursed at an assistant director who intervened on behalf of the extra. Allegedly, Russell also once got physically violent when an extra who was supposed to tackle Clooney felt “a little nervous” about executing the stunt.
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According to Clooney, the director publicly embarrassed a camera-car driver and reduced a script supervisor to tears. June 2000: In an interview with Playboy, George Clooney alleges that Russell yelled and screamed at people “all day, from day one” on the set of Three Kings. Drawing from a police report, leaked emails, that famous Lily Tomlin video, and more, here’s a timeline of all the allegations that have been made against Russell throughout the course of his career. Vulture has reached out to representatives for Russell for comment. Of course, it’s not clear if every crew member or studio exec involved in these allegedly toxic work environments feels the same way. Some actors who have been the target of Russell’s alleged tirades, including Tomlin and George Clooney, have publicly expressed that they are no longer upset with the director. Notably, an outburst in which he cursed at Lily Tomlin and flung props around during the I Heart Huckabees shoot was captured on video. For example, Russell has admitted to touching his 19-year-old niece’s breasts in 2011, stating that she was being “very provocative.” He has also been accused of multiple instances of verbally or physically abusive behavior on his sets. Yet his critical acclaim has been consistently accompanied by troubling allegations.
Russell himself has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including three nods as Best Director. If Amsterdam follows the pattern of Russell’s previous work, it may very well lead the cast to several Oscar nominations in the acting categories. His next film, Amsterdam, out October 7, features a celebrity-studded ensemble that includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Chris Rock, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Robert De Niro, and even Taylor Swift. Movies like Three Kings, The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle have brought the director into close contact with some of Hollywood’s highest-profile actors. Working with A-listers has become common practice for David O. Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images/WireImage
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