In the latest segment of The Drew Barrymore Show, Olivia Munn revealed a jarring moment of on-set ego that forced the filming to stop. During her conversation with Drew Barrymore, Munn detailed an incident where a male costar refused to film a scene simply because the script called for her character to rescue his, and he could not accept it.
The Your Friends & Neighbors star explained that she has frequently played authoritative roles, such as CIA operatives or police officers. However, one particular firefight sequence in an underground bunker was allegedly too much for her scene partner’s ego to handle, forcing her to switch strategies after a 45-minute back-and-forth.
Olivia Munn recalls male costar objecting to a scene in an action sequence
Olivia Munn disclosed that the choreography in that scene required the two actors to cover separate angles. Then, her character was supposed to stop a threat approaching from behind him, which she explained, recalling, “If you read the script, it was that he was guarding his side, I was guarding my side.” She added, “Then we switch sides, and then there’s a guy that was coming for him — was gonna shoot him in the back — so I shoot him.”
The issue was, in Munn’s words, “Somehow, I guess he didn’t read the script, and in that moment, he realized, ‘Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. She can’t save me. No, no. She can’t save me.’”
What followed was a tense 45-minute delay that affected the entire crew. Munn shared that the actor was not only vocal about his discomfort in front of everyone present but also became “combative with the director” over the scene’s requirements. Moreover, she emphasized, “There was no insecurity about being obnoxious, and everyone hearing this and being like, ‘She can’t save me! We’re not doing this!’”
In an effort to get the show going again, Munn proposed a minor adjustment, telling Barrymore, “After like 45 minutes of just stopping down, I said, ‘Okay, how about instead of my character saving you, it just is that we switch because it's time for us to switch, and so this is my guy to get.”
The actor agreed, despite the fact that she was still performing the same exact action on screen. Turning to Drew Barrymore, Munn said, “Now, here’s the interesting thing: nothing changed. It’s just what he thought. I was doing the exact same thing.”
In the end, Olivia Munn got the last word.
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