Olivia Munn

Olivia Munn is claiming a director on the series The Newsroom tried to derail her career.

In a new episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, the actor alleged that things got tense between her and one of the show’s male directors after the pair were at odds over her character, Sloan Sabbith, on the drama show.

“There was one director who came in multiple times,” Olivia said during the interview. “And there was a storyline where my character and Tom Sadoski’s character are dating and falling in love. He kept trying to force me to carry that storyline only on my side.”

Olivia alleged that she clashed with the unnamed director after they both had different ideas of how her character should interact with Tom’s.

“He’s like, ‘Can you, like, look out at him and smile?’ And I’m like, ‘Why? She’s busy doing........

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