Anna Kendrick Calls Out Director For Pulling A “Power Move” To Embarrass Her On Set: “F*** You!”

Anna Kendrick precocious made her directorial debut pinch Woman of nan Hour, but nan character has been rather candid astir nan problematic experiences she’s had connected nan different broadside of nan camera.

During a caller section of nan Happy Sad Confused podcast, big Josh Horowitz asked Kendrick if she could stock nan worst feedback she’s ever received from a director. The Pitch Perfect prima could callback 1 specified moment, and revealed really she still came retired connected apical successful nan end.

“I retrieve a head once, successful a room afloat of 100 extras aliases thing being like, ‘Hey, connected this adjacent 1 conscionable effort something. Just make thing up. Just improv something,’” she recalled. “And I did it and past nan head called trim and came complete and, erstwhile again successful beforehand of 100 extras, was like, ‘Oof, let’s spell backmost to nan script!’”

“It really felt for illustration a very circumstantial powerfulness move point to embarrass me, to summation dominance. It was very icky,” Kendrick said.

The character did not sanction nan filmmaker aliases specify nan set. And though nan head whitethorn not person been happy successful nan moment, nan segment yet made it into nan trailer later on. 

“And past nan point that I improved ended up successful nan trailer. So fuck you!” Kendrick exclaimed, prompting nan Happy Sad Confused assemblage to applaud.

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Kendrick precocious made her ain foray into directing for nan very first clip pinch nan Netflix movie Woman of nan Hour.

The thriller follows nan crimes of California serial slayer Rodney Alcala, who appeared connected a making love show successful nan ’70s correct successful nan midst of his ongoing execution spree. Kendrick stars arsenic aspiring character Cheryl Bradshaw, who unknowingly wins a day pinch nan serial slayer aft she yet lands a gig connected nan ’70s crippled show.

Kendrick precocious revealed that 1 acheronian infinitesimal from nan movie was straight influenced by a comment personification made astir her during an audition.

“There’s this segment astatine nan opening wherever I’m successful a casting office, and I stole small things from my existent life,” she shared during a caller quality connected The View. “There’s a infinitesimal wherever they inquire maine if I do nudity and they make this really weird circumstantial remark astir my assemblage that’s lifted verbatim from a point that happened to maine erstwhile I was 19.”

She was referring to a segment wherever Cheryl tells nan casting board that she isn’t comfortable pinch nudity, to which 1 man replies, “I’m judge they’re fine,” while staring straight astatine her chest.

“It’s funny successful nan movie. We tin each laughter astatine my humiliation,” she told nan audience. “That’s funny. We’re allowed.”

Woman of nan Hour is now streaming connected Netflix.