Adam Driver is claimed to be “fuming” over allegations made by Lena Dunham after she accused him of risky on-set conduct whereas they had been capturing Ladies collectively and described a near-intimate off-screen second – claims insiders informed RadarOnline.com have left the actor “pissed off” and “blindsided”.
The dispute stems from 39-year-old Dunham’s new memoir Famesick, wherein she revisits her working relationship with Driver, 42, in the course of the six-season run of her hit HBO present Ladies from 2012 to 2017, when she was 25 and he was 28 when it first aired.
Dunham alleges the pair grew unusually shut throughout rehearsals, significantly when Driver’s now-wife Joanne Tucker was out of city, and describes interactions she characterizes as flirtatious – alongside claims of aggressive outbursts, together with Driver allegedly hurling a chair and punching a wall.
Dunham stated about making an attempt to deal with him on set: “On the time, I did not have the ability to… it by no means entered my thoughts to say, ‘I’m your boss, you’ll be able to’t converse to me this manner.’
“And, at that time in my 20s, I nonetheless thought that is what nice male geniuses do: eviscerate you. Which is bizarre, as a result of I used to be raised by a male genius who would by no means try this.”
A supply near Driver has now rejected the framing of occasions, saying the actor has been left angered by what they described as “deeply unfair characterizations.”
They informed us: “Adam is greatly surprised by the tone and timing of those claims – significantly given how a lot time has handed. From his perspective, this reads much less like reflection and extra like a reframing that paints him in a dangerous mild and as some type of abusive particular person.”
The supply added: “There is a perception amongst these round him that this narrative is pushed by frustration over how their careers diverged – he grew to become a number one man whereas she moved into completely different artistic areas, and it appears to have left her jealous.”
Dunham’s memoir recounts a interval when Driver allegedly visited her incessantly whereas Tucker was away.
The Ladies creator stated: “That week … he came visiting nearly each night time. I used to be nonetheless frail and fawning, a cautious and terrified model of myself – and possibly he favored me most that approach. Possibly it made his coronary heart exit to me, or possibly it simply leveled the stability of energy.”
She additionally claims Driver informed her: “You continue to dwelling alone, Dunham. Okay. I am using right down to you. However I am warning you, if I come up, I am not leaving this time.”
Dunham stated she selected to not reply the door when he arrived, explaining: “It felt so simple as ignoring your doorbell, as pretending to be asleep, as unattainable as stopping your blood from flowing. However some a part of me knew – some sensible a part of me, some daring a part of me – that if we crossed no matter boundary we had been threatening to cross, the return to work could be tinged with humiliation.”
She additional alleged Driver might be “spectacularly impolite.”
Dunham additionally opened up in regards to the path a s– scene took between her and Driver which featured within the first sequence of Ladies.
She stated “cautious blocking went out the window,” and added Driver “hurled me this manner and that.”
Dunham added: “Surprised, I could not converse for a second, uncertain of what had occurred – had I misplaced directorial authority, allowed the scene to go off the rails, not given correct directions?”
She additionally stated: “It wasn’t that I felt violated – and I additionally would not know if I had, as there was little in my sexual life that I hadn’t allowed to occur, and for no pay.
“However I felt that one thing intimate, complicated and primal had performed out in a situation I used to be meant to regulate.”
One other supply aware of the manufacturing stated the surroundings on Ladies was typically “chaotic however creatively charged,” including: “It was a formative time for everybody concerned – boundaries, authority, and efficiency had been continuously being negotiated in actual time. That does not excuse troublesome conduct, nevertheless it does present context.”
Dunham has insisted her intention was to not single Driver out, however to discover the complexity of early artistic management.
She stated: “It was an try and seize that (working relationship) in an sincere approach, and in addition actually speak about how a lot being round this very proficient, charismatic, advanced, and highly effective particular person affected me in ways in which had been actually optimistic and in ways in which had been a bit tougher.”