Anna Kendrick Says ‘F- You’ to Director Who Dissed Her in Front of 100 Extras

[pink_disco]

Anna Kendrick says "f*ck you" to the director who set her up to fail and mocked her on set.

“A director once in a room full of 100 extras or something was like, ‘Hey, on this next one just try something. Just make something up. Just improv something.' And I did it and then the… pic.twitter.com/OY1zyVf7aW
- Variety (@Variety) October 28, 2024

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[champagnexdream]

I want the tea

[janetdkd]

https://www.amazon.com/tea/s?k=tea

[doriiansz]

Tea? This is just some plain tap water, sister friend 🥱

Now waiting for one of those 100 extras to come out with a tiktok video about how Anna Kendrick didn't acknowledge them or didn't remember their name.

There could be 100 extras in one room and 99 don't believe in you and all it takes is one person to believe in you... 😭

[iamkenough]

How I imagined the thought process behind this comment

Tea? This is just some plain tap water, sister friend 🥱

*Oh wait a minute, I've got another one, maybe that one is better...*

Now waiting for one of those 100 extras to come out with a tiktok video about how Anna Kendrick didn't acknowledge them or didn't remember their name.

*Oh, oh, here's an even better one, yes!*

There could be 100 extras in one room and 99 don't believe in you and all it takes is one person to believe in you... 😭

*what the hell, I'll just write them all!*

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 killed it there!

[ponyboy]

it's so clear woman of the hour is more about her than the actual crimes

[firstknivesclub]

huh

[josiefier]

Yeah, I watched a documentary on the guy last night. Somehow, I'd never heard of him before Woman of the Hour - but one thing that struck me is just how many liberties they took. Like the hitchhiker at the diner at the end - she wasn't there for that arrest. She had picked him out of a photo lineup at a police station. And that also wasn't close to the end of his spree. Plus, that "dinner" before the show never happened - which we knew. And the one that gets me the most - because of how known it would have been to anyone doing research - the guy was bachelor #1, not 3. Either do a docudrama or don't, but don't use a famous case where victims' families are still around as an allegory for whatever you yourself went through just so people will watch

[ponyboy]

i've known about the case for years and i'm not surprised at your reaction cause once you know the facts it's so clear that she didn't really make this about the real case. from the utter laziness in reproducing the period - couldn't even be bothered to match real footage - to the "feminist" moments punching it up all being fabricated (they never had a drink together, he never stalked her in the parking lot; cheryl was instantly believed that he was creepy and no one pressured her) and clearly much too modern for the time period view on things (cheryl didn't sit up there and invent "deeper" questions, she knew what she was up for like everyone else) it's so clear anna kendrick just scooped up this movie to make it about herself and her grievances towards misogyny in the acting industry not really so much a reflection of what actually occurred and the real horror there.

i would have much rather it focused on his actual victims, and the fact most of them weren't even grown women, they were children. he was a sex offender when he went

[benihime99]

I never liked her
I don't know why but she gives me the ick

[simprov]

i used to feel this way and then i realized its the way men talk about her that gives me the ick, not her herself.

[benihime99]

For me it's really her
She gives me strong bully vibe to the point where I'm uncomfortable

[anterrabre]

Yeah, she kinda has that "yeah, I dunked a girl's head in the toilet and laughed in 6th grade" energy. In this situation though it's obvious the director was just being a dick.

[hypermuseic9]

ugh not in front of 100 extras!

[therearewords]

If only one believed her.

[vibeology_e]

That’s gross. A director should want actors to feel safe or they won’t take swings and discover something unexpected in the performance.

[insomniachobs]

This. Improv particularly - it's a hard ask. With no prep you're asking them to be, in the exact same instant, both writer and actor simultaneously. That needs to be a safe space to fail.

(Which doesn't mean you can't give them notes or criticise, you just gotta be constructive about it)