Olivia Munn Says Male Director Tried to ‘Ruin’ Her Chances of Getting Future Roles

Olivia Munn is revealing a sad experience she had with a director that nearly ruined her career.

The 44-year-old actress appeared on Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast on Monday (June 30).

On the podcast, she shared that there was a director who she says “wanted to ruin [her] chances of getting” future roles.

Olivia didn’t name the director but shared it was someone who was working on the set of The Newsroom.

“There was a storyline where my character and Tom Sadoski’s character are dating and falling in love,” Olivia shared on the podcast. “[The director] kept trying to force me to carry that storyline only on my side. He’s like, ‘Can you look out at him and smile?’ And I’m like, ‘Why she’s busy doing this?’ Or, ‘Can you stop and snuggle up to him or flirt with him?’ Or, ‘Can you give him a kiss?’ And I’m like, ‘This is in the middle of working.’”

Olivia said that some time later, she was auditioning for another role when she found out that director had called her “combative” on set.

“I was on the one-yard-line for the movie and my manager calls me and says, ‘Hey, you’re gonna get the role. But first, I guess there’s another director who they know and he says that on The Newsroom you were late all the time and really combative. I lived seven minutes from there. I was never late. I was like, ‘I know who this is.’ He just was trying to bash me. And I told my reps, ‘Please tell the directors this.’ And then I still got the role. But I will always remember that just because of our conflicts of how we approached a role, he wanted to ruin my chances of getting anything else,” Olivia revealed.

Watch Olivia‘s full podcast appearance below and see what she recently shared about one of her exes.