Anna Faris claims director Ivan Reitman was abusive on ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’ set.
In this March 7, 2003 file photo, Anna Faris talks with co-star Jason Lee on the set of the ABC pilot ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend.’
Anna Faris says Ivan Reitman was abusive on ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’ set.
Anna Faris says Ivan Reitman was abusive on ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’ set. Photo: Andrew Cooper, ABC Photo: Andrew Cooper, ABC Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Anna Faris claims director Ivan Reitman was abusive on ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’ set. 1 / 12 Back to Gallery
In a new interview, former “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” star Anna Faris claims that she felt like she was being “bullied” by screenwriter Ivan Reitman as the actress auditioned for the role of the “ex-girlfriend of the guy who married me.”
Faris, 41, will release a video from the series set, in which she says that she was only cast because she was “one of the only actresses in town who was still alive, who was still in shape, who was still hot.”
Reitman has filed a libel claim against Faris, alleging that she and others have defamed him in a blog post and a video posted in the wake of NBC’s decision to cancel the network’s “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” pilot.
In the video, Faris makes her allegations about Reitman, whom she says was abusive and verbally abusive, including the claim that he threw a laptop at her.
In the post, Faris says she wanted to be the character’s wife, and that the role was an important one to her given the importance of relationships in the pilot.
The video includes a discussion of who the character was before Faris and Reitman cast her, and how the actor felt about the role and the character.
Faris says in the video that she was a “frequent critic of Ivan and it was not in my best interest to have him do the role because he was toxic and toxic
