Olivia Munn says filming the 2016 film “X-Males: Apocalypse” was removed from a “regular” expertise.
In an interview with Selection, the 39-year-old actress stated that the movie’s director, Bryan Singer, abruptly departed the Montreal set to cope with a “thyroid subject” — leaving the forged and crew bewildered.
“After we shot ‘X-Males,’ I by no means shot an enormous film like that earlier than,” Munn stated. “I didn’t know what was proper or fallacious, however I did know that it appears unusual that Bryan Singer might try and say he had a thyroid subject.”
“As an alternative of going to a health care provider in Montreal, he stated he needed to go to LA. And he was gone for about 10 days is my recollection. And he stated, ‘Proceed. Hold filming,'” Munn stated.
Singer’s publicist, nevertheless, advised Web page Six, “Bryan noticed medical doctors in Montreal after which got here again to see medical doctors in Los Angeles. And to the very best of our recollection, it solely affected two days of taking pictures.”
Munn stated that in Singer’s alleged absence, “We’d come again from lunch after which certainly one of Bryan’s assistants would come up and present us a cellular phone with a textual content message on it … And he texted to the actors, ‘Hey guys. I’m busy proper now. However simply go forward and begin filming with out me.’ And we’d be like, ‘OK.’ And I by no means thought any of it was regular, however I didn’t notice that different individuals additionally thought it wasn’t regular.”
Elsewhere within the Selection interview, Munn made the purpose that the studio then supplied Singer the plum task of directing “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
“However this particular person is allowed to proceed to go on,” Munn stated. “Fox nonetheless offers him ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ after which everyone knows what occurred.”
In the course of the filming of the Freddie Mercury biopic in 2017, Singer was fired for repeated absences and clashing with the movie’s star, Rami Malek.
In the meantime, Singer has had a slew of high-profile scandals within the latest previous.
In 2019, The Atlantic printed an article detailing underage sexual misconduct allegations in opposition to Singer. One of many males stated he was a 13-year-old further on the set of 1998’s “Apt Pupil” when Singer fondled his genitals. Singer’s legal professional responded to the article, categorically denying the claims made by it and disputed the precise particulars famous all through it.
In June of final 12 months, it was revealed that Singer made a cost of $150,000 to a person who alleged in a 2017 case to have been sexually assaulted by him when he was a teen. In a press release to Selection, his lawyer stated the settlement was not an request for forgiveness by Singer.
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