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[Blind Gossip] Kate Beckinsale took revenge on a director for asking her to perform in a scene that she did not want to do.

The film director asked her to undress for a bedroom scene… and then cut the scene from the final version of the movie.

She said that his actions made her “violated and horrible. You know, it involved nudity and all that stuff, which was dirtily handled. I was really disturbed and I was kind of in tears and sobbing and begging.”

Since reputable agents are usually very careful in ensuring that such scenes are contractually agreed to in advance, it is unclear when or why this occurred on the set.

In any case, Beckinsale did not let the director’s actions go unanswered.

In retaliation, she says she “peed in his thermos flask.”

Similar: The Director’s Cut

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[Optional] Were her actions justified or disgusting?

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  1. Ralphie says

    This has to be Michael Bay acting badly on the set of Pearl Harbor.

    It would make sense that Kate was much younger and immature then too, because justified or not, it’s still disgusting.

  2. Sawyer21 says

    Film or director :No idea

    Her actions were disgusting, there are more classy ways to get revenge.

  3. Cindylouwho says

    Film: No idea
    Director: No idea
    Optional: Disgusting. There are proper places for all bodily fluids, none of which are the inside of someone’s thermos flask.

  5. 3PtRange says

    This supposedly happened years ago, much earlier in her career. Original version I heard was the director not only brow-beat her into stripping off her clothes, but he also made her stand around naked way longer than would be considered normal. I also think she remarked that the director was being a * to her for much of the production. As to how it could have happened, consider that she was younger and not as empowered as she might feel today with over 40 movie credits to her name.

  6. colfaxcarol says

    No idea on film or director.

    What she did was disgusting and criminal. She committed assault. She should have called her agent or walked off the set if she was so offended.

    The director may be some sort of freak, but she certainly is. What a work environment. Why did it even occur to her to do that?

  10. Blkgoddess says

    Pearl Harbor?

    Don’t know the director but good for her that she got her revenge. I would have stuffed my used tampon in that thermos.

  11. Pierre Latin says

    BOULEVARD with CHRISTIAN BALE.

    Optional: I think she TRASHED THIS MOVIE IN HER PAST.

  14. blinkandyoumight says

    MICHAEL BAY

    he directed her in Pearl Harbor, was a misogynist and abusive (as he is known to be). He’s the greatest example of how you can sexually harass & assault women & objectify them in uncomfortable ways and still get directing job after directing job. Oh by the way, they already have planned 19 SEQUELS TO TRANSFORMERS. ugh.

    I really hope something happens sometime where Michael Bay has a HUGE scandal and never works in the film business again.

    • 3PtRange says

      She has alluded to this “event” several times in the past and the way the story was told it didn’t seem like it was Bay and Pearl Harbor. It was a lesser production, I believe.

  15. SilverLining says

    (I’M COMPLETELY GUESSING!!!)

    Film: (one of the…) Underworld film series (2003-present)?

    Director: & ex-husband, Len Wiseman (maybe she was done mixing her personal life w/business)?

    [Optional] Were her actions justified or disgusting?
    I like Kate Beckinsale. With that said, this isn’t the way I would have handled it (no
    matter who the director was in this situation) but that’s just me.

  16. Grandma3 says

    Kate just admitted this on WWHL, it is a true story..she would not admit who it was though.

  17. pflower says

    She did what? Gross and pointless, will not deter him from doing the same to another actress and does not teach anyone any lesson (except maybe keep an eye on your drink or it may end up contaminated with bodily fluids yuk)

  18. THOneyT says

    Underworld: Evolution

    Len Wiseman

    She is part of a union. She had legal recourse. Peeing in coffee is classless and doesn’t do a thing to help her or anyone else the next time the director crosses a line.

    • 3PtRange says

      Nonsense. Even just a few years ago if a woman actor exercised her rights she would likely never find work again. It was (and to some degree still is) a boy’s club. That’s why she was taken advantage of.

  19. ProfessorJay says

    I have no idea who the director is, but I’d say justified.

    I have zero fetishes about doing this in general, but Beckinsale is so gorgeous I’d still drink the coffee.

  22. 3PtRange says

    Whiteout (2009)
    Directed by: Dominic Sena

    Not the way I would handle it, but then again I’m not a woman actor having to work in an industry that’s known mostly for being a boy’s club that has historically and intentionally underpaid women regardless of their box office value. So if Kate was p’d off (pun intended), she likely had a right be.