MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND Star Anna Faris Accuses Filmmaker Ivan Reitman Of Abusive Behaviour On Set

MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND Star Anna Faris Accuses Filmmaker Ivan Reitman Of Abusive Behaviour On Set

My Super Ex-Girlfriend was released the same year as Superman Returns and X-Men: The Last Stand, and Anna Faris has reflected on the negative experience she had making that due to filmmaker Ivan Reitman.

By JoshWilding - Oct 20, 2022 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline (via ActioNewz.com)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend was released in 2006 to mostly negative reviews, and was another of those superhero parody movies looking to cash in on the success of blockbusters like Spider-Man and X-Men.

The romantic comedy was directed by Ghostbusters helmer Ivan Reitman and starred Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, and Anna Faris, with Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson and Wanda Sykes in supporting roles. While it's been mostly forgotten, My Super Ex-Girlfriend is getting a lot of attention after serious allegations were made by Faris on her Unqualified podcast (via ActioNewz.com).

The actress says Reitman "slapped my ass" during production and "yelled" at her during her first day, leaving Faris feeling "angry, hurt and humiliated."

"One of my hardest film experiences was with Ivan Reitman," she told guest Lena Dunham. "I mean, the idea of attempting to make a comedy under this, like, reign of terror, he was a yeller. He would bring down somebody every day...and my first day, it was me."

"I was doing a scene where I was on a ladder and I was supposed to be taking books off a shelf and he slapped my a– in front of the crew so hard. And all I could do was giggle. I remember looking around and I remember seeing the crew members being like, 'Wait, what are you going to do about that? That seemed weird.'"

"And that’s how I dismissed it," Faris continued. "I was like, 'Well, this isn’t a thing. Like, it’s not that big of a deal. Buck up, Faris. Like, just giggle.' But it made me feel small. He wouldn’t have done that to the lead male."

Tearfully explaining that no one stepped in to do anything, Faris also confirmed the late director is who she was talking about during an interview in 2017. 

"I remember that same director telling my agent, who told me, that I had great legs and that was one of the reasons that I got hired," Faris said at the time. "And listen, that’s a f***ing great compliment. I like my legs. But that sort of informed my whole experience with that whole project. I don’t think the male lead got hired because he had great legs. Therefore I felt like I’m hired because of these elements - not because of [talent]."

Reitman is best known for the first two Ghostbusters movies, but also directed the likes of Twins and Kindergarten Cop. He passed away earlier this year aged 75, though the producers of My Super Ex-Girlfriend have yet to comment on these accusations after being contacted.

Faris' allegations are undeniably serious and point to a time when a lot of unacceptable behaviour was glossed over on film sets. The Scary Movie star was clearly left shaken by the experience, and we're sure Reitman's fans will be disappointed to learn of these claims. He's not here to defend himself, of course, but there are zero reasons to doubt Faris' allegations.

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regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/20/2022, 10:02 AM
Source: Deadline (via ActioNewz.com)

Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/20/2022, 10:05 AM
@regularmovieguy - Well i don't think the source would be disputed if it's backed up for a podcast that's been recorded? Not listened to it myself, but just saying.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:11 AM
@UniqNo - yeah, I don't see the problem with the source. Just typing in Anna Faris on Google floods your screen with different articles talking about this. It's not like there's much to report on. It's literally just "this is what she says".
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/20/2022, 10:26 AM
@UniqNo @Origame

Lol not what I'm saying at all.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 10/20/2022, 10:05 AM
Hey, I love this movie (Luke > Owen)!

Anyway, I guess this guy is cancelled...GOOD, so we wont get another Ghostbusters movie...and I hope Chris Pratt kicks his ass.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/20/2022, 10:05 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - lol, isn't the guy dead?
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 10/20/2022, 10:08 AM
@UniqNo - Wait, the original Ivan directed this movie? I though it was his son.
Antitrollpatrol
Antitrollpatrol - 10/20/2022, 10:10 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - that’s Jason and Chris Pratt and he got divorced…
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/20/2022, 10:11 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - I'm pretty sure his son's name isn't Ivan
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 10/20/2022, 10:11 AM
@Antitrollpatrol - I'm aware they got divorced.

But is she really accusing a dead man of abuse? I automatically asumed she was refering to his son.
The man has been dead for years.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 10/20/2022, 10:14 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - last year* lol
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/20/2022, 10:21 AM
@Antitrollpatrol - Chris Pratt and Jason Reitman were married?!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/20/2022, 10:22 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - One must not speak ill of the dead.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 10/20/2022, 10:27 AM
@bobevanz - I just read "Reitman", and I didnt though Anna would accuse someone who has been dead for years for abuse.

Dont get me wrong, she can do it whenever the [frick] she wants to, but it is...odd.
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 10/20/2022, 12:31 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Lol he died like 8 months ago man.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 10/20/2022, 12:48 PM
@OmegaBlack13 - ...ok, I need to get some fresh aire.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:08 AM
So she only felt like speaking up a full 16 years after the movie was released, after the director passed away, and well after the metoo movement really hit its stride in Hollywood?

And let's not forget her career is basically nonexistent now. She's doing this to stay relevant.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 10/20/2022, 10:10 AM
@Origame - she brought it up 5 years ago God forbid someone gets the courage to finally speak up on something that they feel harmed them
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/20/2022, 10:10 AM
@Origame - I'm no big lover of these kind of topics, but isn't she allowed to speak on it on her terms on her own platform?

I hear women in background saying "typical man, suggesting when a woman should speak and not speak" lol
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:16 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - her having brought it up before just goes further to proving my point. She just wants attention.

Plus, I'd say the guy being dead kinda renders much of the help it would do moot (if it were real that is). You can't cancel him. Get him fired, or any of that. She brought it up before, so she has the closure already. All it's doing is effecting the legacy of a man who isn't alive to defend himself.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 10/20/2022, 10:20 AM
@Origame - so she can’t ever speak on it even though it happened to her? The mental gymnastics here gold medal
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 10/20/2022, 10:21 AM
@Origame - It's almost like it has been next to impossible for women to speak up, without getting written of as "hard to work with" and losing their careers, and only relatively recently things any way improved in that regard.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:21 AM
@UniqNo - she is, yes. But the point I'm making is how suspicious the terms are. This is, after all, an accusation. And specifically one we can't get the other side of the story from (because he's dead).

This is why I don't agree with #believewomen. Women lie, just like how all people lie. And it's just turning these accusations into witch hunts if we leave logic out the window in favor of just believing what the accuser says.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:22 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - when did I say she could never speak about i
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:23 AM
@FinnishDude - when has that ever happened?

Besides, the solution shouldn't be the other end of the extreme and just believing everything they say.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 10/20/2022, 10:24 AM
@Origame - you’re literally questioning why she’s speaking on it. You just said he’s dead and nothing can happen to him which is implying that she has no reason to speak on it

Play these games with other people on this site not me next because you didn’t say it verbatim that’ll be your defense
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/20/2022, 10:26 AM
@Origame - maybe, but my point is she's entitled to speak, whether it's truth or not.

Even if it's for attention, it may be for the right kind. She's got a name (lesser known these days) so surely she's got more to lose than gain at this point if her accussations are false... and having it happened in front of people, i'm sure there'll be others to dispute or backup her claims.

Plus i'm sure it's not the first time reports again him were made.

Holding your tongue out respect for dead is just detrimental to the victim themself. Not saying i fully beleive it either, but it could be the start/continuation of something.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:27 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - yes, questioning the suspicious behavior going on with her accusation. THATS NOT SAYING SHE CAN'T MAKE THE ACCUSATION!

My God, you'd make a terrible detective.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 10/20/2022, 10:30 AM
@Origame - Just one example, Alfred Hitchcock famously made sure with his connections that women who refused to sleep with him wouldn't get big roles anymore anywhere else.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:36 AM
@UniqNo - and again, I'm not saying she can't make an accusation. But at the same time I can question the validity of that accusation.

Also, considering her main audience is female and the metoo movement has strong supporters who will believe all claims, this will only help her career if anything. Especially since this probably won't be brought to court so no proper investigation.

And I really don't see how it's detrimental to the victims. Ivan is objectively out of her life forever. And he won't ever do this again, if he did.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/20/2022, 10:41 AM
@Origame - You're right, you didn't say that and of course you can question the validity.... BUT you did say she's only doing this to remain relevant which comes across as quite dismissive.
Admittedly it’s more common to hear from a woman regarding sexualised misconduct, but would you say the same for a guy in the same situation?

I just think you'r initial comment is biased based on her current career stance, or lack of as you put it.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:41 AM
@FinnishDude - so you're bringing up a guy who worked in the 50s and 60s to back up your point? Dude, we as a country changed pretty drastically from that pretty quickly.

On top of that, my point still stands. We shouldn't go from ignoring all women to believing all women. One extreme doesn't justify another.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 10/20/2022, 10:46 AM
@Origame - @Origame -
You said...

"And I really don't see how it's detrimental to the victims. Ivan is objectively out of her life forever. And he won't ever do this again, if he did."

I guess i see it more from a therapeutic stand point, for example a person who was sexually abused by a relative/family friend who has since passed away...


Just keeping that bottled up can eat at you. Speaking about it, whether to a therapist or a friends or publicly is offloading and sharing experience which has therapeutic and emotional healing benefits to the individual victim.
Origame
Origame - 10/20/2022, 10:48 AM
@UniqNo - yes, that's the conclusion I'm making. If you want to counter it then feel free. But I don't see, from that same logic, why others here can come to the conclusion she was a victim but I can't come to the conclusion she is lying.

As for a guy in the same situation, it's an interesting stance. After all, there's no #believemen out there for their sexual harassment. But overall I would still question it, and have in terms of a similar situation with Ray fisher.
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