Today's Blind Items - On Set P Grab

I guess the Donald Trump video from last week brought out some memories from people about similar things happening on sets. This one really stood out because it was planned out in advance by the actor. Our actor is an Academy Award nominee. Didn't win. Supporting actor. The nomination was way back in the day. If you saw this actor you would all know his face, but lots of you wouldn't know his name. Character actor. He kind of has had a resurgence of fame since he was brought into the tent of the quirky director who always uses the same actors in his quirky movies. Good movies though.

For this one we need to go back a few decades. Indie film set. An award winning indie film. Beat out one of the classic indie films of all time at a very famous festival. Our actor had a scene where he is getting a lap dance from an actress. Prior to filming the scene with the actress, our actor showed off his collection of audition tapes from the handful of actresses who wanted to play the role. In a couple of them he was really proud of the way he would reach behind the actress and lift them by sliding his finger inside of them.

Fast forward to the filming of the scene. Our actor does the same move to the actress who got the part. She gets up and slaps the actor and told him that wasn't ok. For 24 hours, the director and producers begged the actress not to file any charges or any grievances with the union. After an apology from the actor, she agreed to stay and work and as far as I know has never told anyone. It was her first movie. She only worked in the business for a few years. It looks like she actually had a recurring role for several years on that network crime show that begat so many. One thing that struck me as interesting is that the director was married at the time to someone (long time actress who was going to be a one movie wonder until a cable show came along) who would have made sure the actress would have reported it.