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Hollywood star Amy Adams, who portrayed the renowned journalist Lois Lane in the DCEU alongside Henry Cavill, is also among some of the most celebrated actors in the industry. The actress has starred in several movies and has worked with several renowned names throughout her career as well. However, her experience with some of them has not been the best, one of which also includes the controversial filmmaker David O. Russell.
During an interview with GQ, the actress opened up about the filmmaker’s behavior toward her, while filming the 2013 crime dramaAmerican Hustle,which led to her decision to not work with him again.
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Leaked E-Mails Revealed David O. Russell’s Behavior Toward Amy Adams
WhileDavid O. Russellis known for highly acclaimed movies likeThree Kings, The Fighter,andSilver Linings Playbook, his career has also been full of controversies. The filmmaker has publicly acknowledged his inappropriate behavior toward his 19-year-old niece, saying that she was“acting very provocative.”
And people were again shocked when the filmmaker was accused of displaying“lunatic behavior”toward hisAmerican HustlestarAmy Adamsin an email leaked after the Sony hack in 2014. The details were revealed in a mail sent to a Sony executive by a veteran journalist, Jonathan Alter.
According toRadarOnline, the mail stated,“The new stories of his abuse and lunatic behavior are extreme even by Hollywood standards.”Alter also shared in the mail that Russell would grab someone by the collar and constantly curse at others.
His behavior toward theMan of Steelstar got so extreme that the Oscar-winning actorChristian Balehad to step in and ask him to stop“acting like an as*hole.”The filmmaker reportedly behaved in the same manner while filming the George Clooney starrerThree Kings. And during a 2016 interview with GQ, Adams confirmed the allegations while recalling working with the Oscar-nominated director.
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Amy Adams Decided to Not Work With David O. Russell
Before starring in his 2013 crime dramaAmerican Hustle, Amy Adams had also worked with filmmaker David O. Russell on the sports dramaThe Fighter.When she was asked about the filmmaker’s alleged behavior on the set, she confirmed the toxic environment, saying that she was surprised to see him behaving like that.
She said that theAmsterdamdirector would shout and yell throughout some of the scenes.“He was hard on me, that’s for sure. It was a lot,”theArrivalactress toldGQbefore adding,“I was really just devastated on set.” She shared that most of the days while filming went on like this.
American Hustlereceived 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Amy Adams. However, the 49-year-old actress did not find it worth what she had been through while filming.“It’s not OK with me. Life to me is more important than movies,”she said.
Further into her interview, the actress said that she doesn’t plan on working with the filmmaker again shortly.“I’ll never say never,”she said before explaining that she cannot bring such experience to her home and her daughter.
American Hustleis available on Paramount+.
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Laxmi Rajput is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, with over 3,300 articles published covering film, TV, and pop culture. With a degree in Broadcast Journalism and over three years of experience in content writing, she pivoted to entertainment journalism because let’s be honest, superheroes, sitcoms, and Netflix binges are way more fun. Laxmi frequently covers Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and popular TV shows, offering both fan-first enthusiasm and thoughtful analysis. Her work often dives into Marvel theories, revisits the genius of The Big Bang Theory, or unpacks the Netflix phenomenon of Stranger Things.
