Olivia Munn has revealed that production was halted after one of her former male co-stars refused to save his character in a scene.
Appearing on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Wednesday, Mann, who did not name names, recalled filming the bunker fight scene in the movie. There, both characters defended their positions and then switched sides.
Mann, who has appeared in action films such as “X-Men: Apocalypse” and “The Predator,” said the script had an unnamed co-star almost getting shot in the back until his character intervened.
“When I read the script, he keeps his side, I keep mine, and then we switch sides and there’s a guy chasing him and he’s trying to shoot him in the back, so I shoot him,” Mann said.
“And then we’re about to start shooting, and for some reason he probably didn’t read the script. At that moment, he realizes, ‘Wait, wait, wait, wait, she can’t save me. No, no, she can’t save me.’
According to Mann, the actor immediately stopped filming and got into an argument with the director in front of the entire crew.
“He became combative with the director,” she said, adding, “He had no qualms about being obnoxious and making everyone who heard this be like, ‘She can’t save me! We’re not doing that.'”
The alleged standoff lasted for nearly an hour.
“Finally, after we stopped for about 45 minutes, I said, ‘Okay, instead of my character saving you, how about we switch. It’s time to switch, so I’m the one who’s going to get this person,'” she said. “And he was like, ‘Okay.’
But Mann says the compromise didn’t actually change anything.
“Here’s where it gets interesting,” she said. “Nothing changed. That’s just what he thought. I was doing the exact same thing.”
The “Newsroom” alum previously opened up about other difficult experiences on set.
During an appearance on Dax Shepard’s podcast Armchair Expert, she claimed that the director she worked with on The Newsroom tried to sabotage her chances of getting a movie role.
“I was on the one-yard line after the movie, and my manager called and said, ‘Hey, you’re going to get the role. But first, I think they know another director who said that on ‘The Newsroom,’ you were always late and very combative,” Mann said.
“I lived seven minutes away from there. I was never late. I was like, ‘I know who this person is.'” He just tried to hit me. ”
Although she opposed the role through her agent and eventually got the role, she said she has not forgotten the incident.
“I always remember him trying to ruin my chances of getting other roles just because we clashed about how we approached the roles,” she said.
Earlier this week, Mann also claimed that he missed out on appearing on 30 Rock because he thought Alec Baldwin was too young to play his love interest.
She told The Hollywood Reporter that she was initially told she had gotten the role, but was dropped after a few days.
“Two more days later, ‘No, no, no. They think you’re perfect. You’re leaving on Saturday.'” On Friday, she said, “No, no, no. Alec thinks you’re too young and he’s holding back.”
The role was ultimately given to Elizabeth Banks. At the time, Baldwin was 52, Banks 36, and Mann 30.
But Mann said the proposal itself is sufficient validation.
“All these people, iconic people like Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Grace Wu from NBC Casting, all thought I was good enough to get the offer,” she said.
