Anna Kendrick has this week called out a film director that she says brutally humiliated her before hundreds of people in an improvised scene.
Appearing on a popular podcast this week, the 39-year-old recalled her 'icky' experience with the movie boss, accusing the encounter of being a 'power move' on their part.
She's one of the most hotly-discussed A-listers of late, following her role as director and actor on Netflix's latest true-crime chiller Woman Of The Hour - which tells the horrific real-life story of US murderer Rodney Alcala.
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But it turns out that the entertainment industry hasn't always been kind to Anna Kendrick.
Despite having starred in countless box office hits - including the Twilight franchise, as well as A Simple Favour and the Pitch Perfect series - even she has been forced to endure encounters with allegedly egotistical movie bosses.
With that in mind, appearing live on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast this week to promote her eerie flick, the Hollywood favourite spoke out about an incident that occurred which left her red-faced in front of a crowd of onlookers at the hands of one director.
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Kendrick shared an encounter she endured with a movie director, who instructed her to go off-script before a group of fellow actors.
Recalling the moment she was bluntly told to 'make something up', the actress claimed that the moment felt like a 'power move' on behalf of the director.
Speaking to the live audience she reluctantly reminisced: "I remember a director once in a room full of 100 extras or something being like, 'Hey, on this next one just try something. Just make something up. Just improv something.'"
The movie star continued: "And I did it and then the director called cut and came over and, once again in front of 100 extras, was like, 'Oof, let's go back to the script!'
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"It really felt like a very specific power move thing to embarrass me, to gain dominance. It was very icky.
"And then the thing that I improved ended up in the trailer. So, f*ck you!"
Despite choosing not to name her former colleague, the audience audibly gasped when she shared her story.
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This comes as Kendrick has made headlines for her own directorial debut with Netflix's Woman of the Hour, in which she also acts.
In the chilling production, she takes on the role of aspiring actress Cheryl Anderson who, back in the 1970s, appeared on the televised dating series The Dating Game, where she selected 'bachelor' Rodney Alcala to take out for a drink.
It is only until afterwards that she sensed something sinister about her love-match - who, in reality, was in the midst of a serial killing spree - and thankfully cancelled the date.
The real-life Alcala was eventually sentenced to life in prison, and is thought to have killed over 130 women.
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Kendrick has since received mass praise, both as an actor and a director of the feature-length film, for its focus on Cheryl.
"It was good," one agreed. "I have found that many serial killer movies either focus solely on the victim escaping or on the serial killer.
"This point of view was different than others but still captivating and psychologically thrilling."
Another fan confessed: "I liked it, not only about the killer & victims but also how women were treated back then & how they were expected to act.
"The game show scene was prime example. Women were not taken seriously, why do you think he got away with it for so long..."
A third added: "I loved this movie. Amazing take on a serial killer movie. The way it centred on the moment the woman realizes she's doomed instead of the actual death was brilliant."
Topics: Celebrity, Netflix, TV And Film, US News
Rhianna Benson