Anna Kendrick slams ‘icky’ director for embarrassing her in front of 100 extras: ‘F–k you’

Anna Kendrick is recalling an “icky” infinitesimal erstwhile a head embarrassed her successful beforehand of 100 extras aft asking her to improvise a scene.

The “Woman of nan Hour” director, 39, addressed nan business during a caller unrecorded taping for nan “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.

When asked what nan worst statement she was ever fixed connected a shoot, Kendrick shared an brushwood pinch an unnamed head who encouraged her to spell disconnected book past belittled her successful beforehand of everyone.

“I retrieve a head erstwhile 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,'” Kendrick said, adding it didn’t spell arsenic planned.

“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!'” she remembered.

The “Pitch Perfect” character chalked nan acquisition up to a powerfulness move — and she didn’t admit it.

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

The infinitesimal came afloat circle erstwhile her improvisation coiled up successful nan film’s trailer.

“And past nan point that I improved ended up successful nan trailer,” nan prima said connected nan podcast. “So, f–k you!’

Kendrick has starred successful complete 40 movies — including “Twilight,” “A Simple Favor,” “Up successful nan Air” and nan “Pitch Perfect” franchises — and didn’t uncover nan director’s name, making it difficult to pinpoint 1 personification successful particular. However, her communicative was shocking capable to make nan unrecorded assemblage audibly gasped arsenic she shared her communicative connected nan episode, per Daily Mail.

Kendrick precocious made her directorial debut pinch nan Netflix crime thriller, “Woman of nan Hour.” She besides stars successful nan flick, written by Ian McDonald.

The movie is based connected nan existent communicative of serial slayer Rodney Alcala and his 1978 quality connected nan televised show “The Dating Game” during his execution spree.

Kendrick plays Cheryl Bradshaw, who moved to Los Angeles successful hopes of becoming a prima only to beryllium formed arsenic nan unlucky crippled show contestant who yet picks Alcala (Daniel Zovatto) arsenic nan victor for their date.

Alcala had killed earlier his TV appearance, garnering him nan nickname, The Dating Game Killer. He was arrested successful 1979 and linked to astatine slightest 7 women’s deaths; however, rule enforcement judge nan count to beryllium arsenic precocious arsenic 130.

Alcala was convicted of killing four female and a 12-year-old girl aft pleading not blameworthy and was sentenced to death. He died connected July 24, 2021, of earthy causes at property 77 while connected decease statement successful Calif.