So who IS the Hollywood star who berated Rebecca Ferguson?

It wouldn't be Oscar season without some Hugh Grant assholery making headlines

She probably should have kept her mouth shut and it was probably that curmudgeon Hugh Grant

Charlotte Rampling, duh

I agree, she should have kept her mouth shut.

I don't know who she is, she is not famous enough to get away with badmouthing a fellow actor

Who?

She would only do this to someone whose career is on a downward trajectory.

Unfortunately, I hate this because he was such a talent, but the answer is Michael Fassbender. All the evidence is there.

It was obviously M in one of her coke rages. She left me crying on the set of "The House of the Spirits" too.

Look I admit it was me, but my life was very complicated at the time.

Who is this person?

[quote] Her Hercules co-star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, 52, has also come out in support of the star, denying it was him who had shouted, writing on X: 'Hate seeing this but love seeing her stand up to bulls**t.

Hahahaha that candy ass is less supporting her and more letting us know it wasn’t him.

It's been narrowed down to Fassbender or Hugh Grant.

Grant has a notorious reputation for throwing tantrums and being nasty to women. But was he number one on the call sheet for Florence Foster Jenkins? Wouldn't that have been Meryl?

Fassbender beat up his girlfriend and put her in the hospital. The movie he was in with Ferguson was a big bomb and got bad reviews.

Why is everyone saying she should keep her mouth shut?

Her character on “Silo” was incredibly annoying.

Then again, so were the young protagonists of the recent Apple TV show, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.”

It might be that sci fi shows have just decided to embrace the obnoxiousness of their young audience.

The reason I am confident it is Fassbender

The behavior reminded me very much of anecdotes about two people from old Hollywood

Those were Peter Sellers and David Lean. One was how Peter Sellers treated Jo van Fleet and the other was how Lean treated Judy Davis.

What did those two very different Brits have in common? They most likely had Aspergers Syndrome.

So I looked for the potential Aspie. Tom Cruise obviously, but she already said it wasn’t him. So that left Fassbender.

I started googling to see if there were any reports of his behavior and look at this

Cited by none other than Tom Hardy. Tom Hardy is almost certainly neurodivergent and has a terrible reputation for being difficult and neurotic behavior (google the stories by Patrick Stewart and the feud with Charlize Theron).

If Tom Hardy thinks you are strange, then you are STRAAAAAANGE.

Michael Fassbender.

Aspie accuser at r15 needs to shot into the sun

[quote] Why is everyone saying she should keep her mouth shut?

I think the problem is that she's only half opening it. Her silence is potentially hurting the reputations of people she won't rule out. If you're not ready to tell the truth now, keep the story for your memoir.

See r16 that’s something Michael Fassbender would say.

Are you sure you’re not one of us?

Oh for heavens sake take Meryl off the list. She's a pro and would never behave that way especially towards a young actress.

Easy answer.

It’s Ron Livingston aka, ex-Mr. Jennifer Anniston, who played her husband in “”The Girl on the Train”

Total prick.

Get a life, r10.

I don’t think it’s Fassbender because there is a lot of footage 9f the two of them getting a long on that set and they got along really well on the PR circuit after, too. Look at her body language with Hugh Grant though and YIKES

R22 you silly stupid fool

Do you know what “number one on the call sheet” means?

It is the star of the movie. The most important person.

Hugh Grant wasn’t the star of Florence Foster Jenkins. It was Meryl Streep.

It’s Michael Fassbender. He would have been number one on The Snowman.

Number One on the call sheet of Girl on the Train is Emily Blunt.

Think, McFly, think.

She was good in Dune.

For the record

Timothée Chalamet, Tom Cruise, Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Cruise, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, and Dwayne Johnson.

This is every number one call sheet celebrity that she would have worked with in her Hollywood career.

Re David Lean

Peter O’Toole based his performance in the Stunt Man on David Lean. O’Toole was so traumatized working with Lean he turned down “Doctor Zhivago.”

The is what the descriptions of the costar’s behavior reminded me of

Fassbender, The Snowman

Fassy is already on thin ice. His soccer comedy bombed and The Killer disappeared pretty quickly from streaming. He seems angry and frustrated. 😣

IMDB says O'Toole based his Eli Cross character on both David Lean and John Huston (who directed O'Toole in "The Bible"). Great performance!

[quote]R12 Grant has a notorious reputation for throwing tantrums and being nasty to women. But was he number one on the call sheet for Florence Foster Jenkins? Wouldn't that have been Meryl?

If a cast member isn’t in a scene, I don’t think they’re on the call sheet at all for that day. So if the actress is referring to scenes she shot only with Grant, then he would have been bumped up to No. 1 on the call sheet on those days.

(Frankly I don’t remember who she had scenes with in that film.)

[quote] I think the problem is that she's only half opening it. Her silence is potentially hurting the reputations of people she won't rule out

Meh. If she named and shamed, she’d be accused of ruining his career as well; and if she didn’t speak up she’d be accused of not protecting other women.

This is the kind of gossip I love so bring it on Becky.

Meryl is gong to get dragged into this if it's Hugh Grant. I can't imagine Meryl allowing this sort of behavior on one of her films. Rebecca surely would have gone to her for help.

It was the little boy Becky murdered in Dr Sleep.

Of course Meryl Streep would not have allowed it. There’s too much evidence absolving Hugh Grant.

It’s Fassbender. All the evidence is there. She said he was insecure about his performance. Look how Fassbender talks about his past roles, even one he got an Oscar nomination.

Not a difficult puzzle people.

Considering what a POS THE SNOWMAN was, I can also imagine Fassbender frustrated and unhappy with the whole mess and taking it out on someone.

Rebecca Ferguson didn't have any scenes with Meryl. She played Hugh's mistress and only had scenes with Hugh, who was number 1 on the call sheet for all their scenes.

He has a dreadful reputation - I can imagine him claiming he said it in jest - but Fassbender fits the bill as well.

It's the Bang Bang Bloviator, Alec Baldwin. She's lucky that he didn't slap her face off.

FOR FUCKS SAKE

JESUS

It has nothing to do with the day’s shoot!

When films are prepared for shooting, all the actors are assigned a number. 1 is the star. It does not matter if he is not filming that day. The number stays the same throughout the production. Otherwise, it would be like a football or basketball team switching numbers every time someone is benched. Meryl Streep is 1 every day of Florence Foster Jenkins.

R9

Dearest Sand (may i call you Sand?),

I'm so glad to hear you're taking care of yourself. Just remember...

One Dune at a Time.

I know they're actors and are paid to fake this shit but these two have killer chemistry, I really don't see it being Fassbender

R41, That pretty much eliminates Fassbender. She has no problem with him in that video. Whereas, there are no red carpet photos or interviews of Rebecca and Hugh Grant together.

Hugh Grant says he threw 'a couple of tantrums' and lashed out at a woman on set while filming 'Dungeons & Dragons' Hugh Grant discussed his upcoming film, "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," with Total Film magazine.

She looks so much like a young Ingrid Bergman. Maybe because she's half Swedish.

Maybe you need to get your eyes checked.

Maybe “Number 1 on the call sheet” was just shorthand for: he’s a popular famous actor who’s a big draw for this movie and you’re the newcomer no one has ever heard of. Trying not to be insulting but thems the facts.

Florence Foster Jenkins was a Meryl Streep film. Hugh Grant is not a popular famous actor who draws people.

I think if it was not Michael Fassbender, she would have said it was not Michael Fassbender, because many people would suspect him based on the rumors that he was violent with his girlfriend.

I wish she’d go away. Ugly bitch.

[quote] Fassy is already on thin ice. His soccer comedy bombed and The Killer disappeared pretty quickly from streaming. He seems angry and frustrated

He has also attempted a motor racing side hustle. If he’s pumping all his money into that, he better find a hit and fast.

p.s. he is terrible at it.

Jake Gyllenhaal is also known to be an asshole on set, surprised he isn't being discussed

IDIOTA!!

What a crunt.

That's a crunchy one.

Rebecca Ferguson is so plain-looking. She's like the expression "Meh" embodied in a person.

Gyllenhaal could have been a possibility except number 1 on the call sheet for Life was Ryan Reynolds who has a very good reputation and would have stood up for her. This incident sounds like there was no bigger fish on set she could turn to. That would be then Snowman or Doctor Sleep. And Ewan mcGregor is beloved.

[quote]except number 1 on the call sheet for Life was Ryan Reynolds

How do you know that? Gyllenhaal is billed first on the poster, etc

R11 Only in the mind of a Dler would that be interpreted that way.

Yall realize only women do this shit. Some a lister, who I’m too much of a weak bitch to name, did something awful to me. You and that awful person are both cunts.

There are multiple versions of the poster and Reynolds is billed first in some of them (these are often fought over in contracts).

Again, Reynolds would not allow her to be bullied like that. But of course you’re just being obtuse for the sake of it.

And Hugh Grant was deinitely the number one man on the call sheet for FFJ - I don't think we should take her off the cuff remarks so exactingly, she wasn't writing a Blind item with clues like a gossip writer, she was just talking to a reporter

r57 Oh, I'm being obtuse? Again, what evidence do you have to back up your claim "number 1 on the call sheet for Life was Ryan Reynolds"? Nothing, then?

Rebecca Fergie is super hot. NGL. I don't know what y'all are saying that she's plain. She looked amazing in Doctor Sleep.

I'm very curious about her. She's very beautiful, with intelligent cold eyes. I saw her doing an interview recently and 1. she was surprisingly tiny and 2. There was something off about her. I've appreciated all her performances I've seen.

Because r59 i added additional context that you seem eager to ignore. You are cunting for attention.

Top of the call sheet should be the first actor listed on IMDb for a given project.

It's her co-star in Doctor Sleep... the diabolical Jacob Tremblay.

Gross

Its fassbender- Someone said there was a blind item from 2016 online.

Its not Jackman- she already cleared him

R66 She keeps “clearing” guys. Then name em you dumb bitch. But then again she wouldn’t be able to milk some headlines for a week and a half.

R53 Gyllenhaal got top billing for Life. He is the bigger star anyways.

r62 No, you didn't add context, you made something up and tried to pass it off as fact.

Twitter posted a link of Rebecca and Jake doing an German interview for the movie, "Life." The interviewer's production staff wanted Jake and Rebecca to give the interviewer a hard time and to upset him (as a prank.)

The harassment starts at 4:16.

The two actors seem to be getting along just fine, but Jake is very good at harassment.

Rebecca wsa in Girl on the Train with Justin Theroux and he played a psycho POS bastard. Abuser too. Maybe he was in character too long and he went after her. She gave a better performance for it.

The more I observe Gyllenhaal the more convinced I am. He's an ass.

The problem with an accusation like this is, it casts a shadow over every first call she’s ever worked with. And that’s not even such a big deal for the first call. They’ve got more money than god. They don’t give a fuck. But it harshes the actors for the fans.

[quote]r73 The problem with an accusation like this is, it casts a shadow over every first call she’s ever worked with. And that’s not even such a big deal for the first call. They’ve got more money than god. They don’t give a fuck. [bold]But it harshes the actors for the fans.[/bold]

Is the general public even aware of this story?

Gyllenhaal is known to be difficult, extremely, even. But his career is going well for an actor in his early forties who was never a big star.

[bold]She would only do this to someone whose career is on a downward trajectory.[/bold]

Fassbender.

Has she ever worked with Olivia Coleman?

Have he/she ever appeared on the Broadway stage? Is he/she in a movie currently playing in New York?

It was Damon. He's a sassy little bitch with women.

[quote] Is the general public even aware of this story?

Listen to the ultimate insider over here

Hugh Grant has stated in interviews that he throws at least one tantrum a year on set. He's a notorious asshole. His interview with Ashley Graham at the Oscars last year displayed the EXACT behavior that Rebeccas was talking about. He even sabotaged the Wonka publicity tour by saying that he only did it for the money.

It's Hugh Grant. And I have a feeling that Rebecca holds Meryl partly responsible for not standing up for her. She says that nobody had her back, and I bet she went to Meryl to complain about Hugh.

#MerylKnew

I saw Branagh in her IMDB credits but I think that might have been a TV show and not a movie.

R80 is one of those stupid “G” posts right?

And for those committed to Hugh Grant because they still crave Fassbender’s shame cock

Hugh Grant was EXCELLENT in Florence Foster Jenkins. He was robbed of an Oscar nomination, he may have even won (who was the winner that year?). The person she talks about is struggling with their performance.

Also, Florence Foster Jenkins was directed by Stephan Frears. Frears is enormously respected over forty years and has directed Oscar nominated performances from Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, Annette Bening, Angelica Huston, Judi Dench (twice), and Meryl Streep and won the Oscar for Helen Mirren. He has also worked with difficult actors including Daniel Day Lewis, John Malkovich (twice), John Cusack (twice) and Julia Roberts during her “coked out mess” period. It would be unlikely he’d allow an actress to be bullied on his film set in front of everyone. Additionally, he worked with Hugh Grant right after this on A Very English Scandal, where Grant was also excellent. He probably wouldn’t have done that if Grant behaved so badly to an actress. He likes actresses. He’s what was once called a “woman’s director” (coined for George Cukor.)

Maybe it was Zac Efron?

R72 the more I observe him. The more I want to eat his ass.

Sounds to me like she told a porkie for attention and is now close to getting busted for it.

[quote]Also, Florence Foster Jenkins was directed by Stephan Frears. Frears is enormously respected over forty years and has directed Oscar nominated performances from Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, Annette Bening, Angelica Huston, Judi Dench (twice), and Meryl Streep and won the Oscar for Helen Mirren. He has also worked with difficult actors including Daniel Day Lewis, John Malkovich (twice), John Cusack (twice) and Julia Roberts during her “coked out mess” period. It would be unlikely he’d allow an actress to be bullied on his film set in front of everyone. Additionally, he worked with Hugh Grant right after this on A Very English Scandal, where Grant was also excellent. He probably wouldn’t have done that if Grant behaved so badly to an actress. He likes actresses. He’s what was once called a “woman’s director” (coined for George Cukor.)

True. It's unheard of that a director/producer will tolerate appalling behaviour from a star if he's getting a decent performance from them.

R88 The star of Florence Foster Jenkins was not Hugh Grant. It was Meryl Streep.

You are absolutely convinced Hugh Grant is important, aren’t you? You think it’s still 1996?

I bet you think Jeff Daniels called the shots on the set of Terms of Endearment (very difficult set).

You think that it is more likely that Hugh Grant, who is essentially a character actor now, was able to terrorize an actress on the set of a Meryl Streep movie directed by a man known for his work with actresses, in front of the cast and crew, and not be talked to/told to stop;

Than Michael Fassbender, who was the sole above title billed actor The Snowman, and who has been accused of [bold]beating his girlfriend on multiple occasions[/bold]

Have you ever watched a woman being beaten? Just because a handsome white man is doing it doesn’t make it any less horrifying. Unless of course you’re one of those people who finds that sort of thing arousing.

Oh look! This is what it would look like!

Here, whack off:

Kind of overreacting a bit, aren't you?

R90 One of the most horrific scenes in cinematic history. Superb acting.

Fassebender has been known as a raging, angry violent alcoholic for AGES now here on DL. Why is there a new, sudden zeitgeist? Seriously, this guy wasn't expendable until now? How do studios get him insurance?

Because my dear Hollywood will almost always only dispose of somebody only when they no longer make money or win awards. Harvey Weinstein was not expendable until he started producing bombs like Tulip Fever. Woody Allen was only cold shouldered when it was obvious he wasn’t capable of making a good movie again.

Ferguson is merely taking advantage of the rules and kicking Fassbender when he is down, following two consecutive flops in one year.

I think it is angry Hemsworth

[quote] Kind of overreacting a bit, aren't you?

Not at all. I’ve dealt with gay men long enough to know that they are the only people who love misogynistic straight white men more than Republicans. But only if they are handsome and masculine like Fassbender.

This site and LPSG are the only sites on the internet where people defend Armie Hammer!

R93 On LSA a user named shellyt20 claimed Fassbender is a closeted gay. Is that why he is a raging alcoholic because he basically made his pr child for nothing after his career flopped?

R97 LSA is accusing Fassbender of being gay because they find homosexuality repulsive. You are repeating it here because you find a handsome man who hates women being secretly gay, arousing.

R98 you know what. Your comment deserves a deep thinking. You are likely on to something.

R98 oh yes I saw a paparazzi picture of him pissing and I think about it when I masturbate.

Why are you asking me, r97? I only reported Datalounge lore, not his motives for fatherhood.

R98 okey but here on datalounge many claim that Henry is gay too, not just shellyt20 from LSA. Is that also becuz of womyn hate? Is Grace Randolph a misogynoir?

I think Marky Fassbender's career stopped because it was found out that he is uncirced. The Jews who control Hollywood didn't approve of that and when he refused to get snipped (like Ben Affleck), he was blacklisted.

No Henry is rumored to be gay because there is a lot of evidence. The obtuse comments about women are also similar to the kind of casual misogyny that’s acceptable among gay men.

Grace Randolph is reporting it, however, because women find it personally offensive when an attractive man might be gay, “What a waste” “what a shame” being comments typically posted by them when a male star comes out. Even Shawn Mendes is scared to come out and he no longer has a career.

[quote] [R88] The star of Florence Foster Jenkins was not Hugh Grant. It was Meryl Streep. You are absolutely convinced Hugh Grant is important, aren’t you? You think it’s still 1996?I bet you think Jeff Daniels called the shots on the set of Terms of Endearment (very difficult set). You think that it is more likely that Hugh Grant, who is essentially a character actor now, was able to terrorize an actress on the set of a Meryl Streep movie directed by a man known for his work with actresses, in front of the cast and crew, and not be talked to/told to stop;

Hugh Grant has a reputation for being horrible to women. He also has a reputation for being excellent at playing smarmy repulsive men.

And I think it’s highly possible that Stephen Frears tolerated bullying behaviour from an established star towards a then relatively unknown actor.

That said it could easily be Fassbender.

You also have to factor in which person has a history of acting up in a professional setting, like Christian Bale did (and he never worked with Rebecca, so he's blameless here.)

In 2012, Jon Stewart banned (for a time) Hugh Grant from ever appearing on The Daily Show, calling him the worst guest of all time for the way he treated the back stage staff. Stewart noted "and we've had dictators on the show!"

Since then, has Hugh changed for the better? Old dog, so no new tricks. From BuzzFeed news: " Hugh said that he had to do 'a lot of groveling' when he kicked off the very first day on the set of his new film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," and that was filmed around 2021. He screamed at a woman he thought was an executive from the studio when she was just a local woman who was a chaperone of one if the child actors. Hugh said he "did a Christian Bale" on her.

Even so, it's not conclusive that Rebecca was actually talking about Hugh Grant. We're just presenting more evidence of Grant's bad behavior in a professional setting to the jury.

I don't care how inane her questions were Hugh Grants treatment of Ashley Graham at the Oscar's last year was unprofessional and ugly. he's been in the business for decades and he knows well the kind of questions he can expect in that format. If he finds such questions tedious, don't agree to be interviewed or skip the red carpet entirely.

The fact that he didn't do either of the two tells me that He definitely gets off on humiliating people and possibly, specifically women.

He enjoyed belittling her on live tv and I'm sure would do even worse in a private situation if he thought he could get away with it

The other aspect of Hugh Grant's personality is that he can lash out and be a vile bully to someone and then pull back and act like it was a big joke. That's part of his schtick.

R108 It’s called sociopathy.

I'm pretty sure it's Grant. Call sheets often divide between the male performers and the female performers, so he would have been top of the men's list.

But Hugh Grant was just in a hit film, Wonka. He is still considered an asset. Michael Fassbender had two bombs. He would be thrown to the wolves with little resistance.

Hugh Grant had a tiny role in Wonka which was filmed with special effects - he didn't interact with any of the actors.

And he's complained about the role, like he does a lot of his roles.

I love the folks here implying Ferguson checked Fassbender's box office before deciding to speak on this.

R113 did you see LA Story?

The maitre d’s at tony restaurants checked box office before deciding where the stars could sit.

A joke, but that is how the industry is.

[quote]For the record, according to King, Grant was cast in the Wonka film because of his wicked sense of humor. In Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Oompa Loompas are “incredibly sarcastic and judgmental and cruel.”

That little Oompa Loompa was me.

So it's down to super craggy and lined Hughie who is no longer a loveable scamp with a mop of hair, but actually turned out to be a pretty good actor and still has star power; or Fassbender who's getting craggier and not well liked? I'm willing to bet it's Fassbender - he seems like he plays a sociopath a little too well.

I wouldn't be shocked if it were Fassbender, but I immediately thought "Hugh Grant" upon reading her account before knowing who any of her former costars are. It just fits him to a tee.

[quote]Hugh Grant says he threw 'a couple of tantrums' and lashed out at a woman on set while filming 'Dungeons & Dragons' Hugh Grant discussed his upcoming film, "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," with Total Film magazine.

Clearly the woman in question was not Michelle Rodriguez, as I've not seen news about him being hospitalized or slain after a high speed hit-and-run accident.

I'm going to say Hugh, just to piss of that frau poster who gets terribly upset whenever someone suggests it's anyone but Fassbender

I think she'll tell us his name when the story starts to fade from the news cycle. I believe it happened but I also think she's milking it for attention.

[quote]I love the folks here implying Ferguson checked Fassbender's box

Who hasn't?

Y'all are fixated ,but I'm tellin you, it's Justin Theroux.

r121 Problem with him as a theory is judging by the cast listing, he'd be below Ferguson on the call sheet, and therefore the pecking order

I think it's Grant only because he's admitted to be cranky/prickly/kind of an asshole. Fassbender doesn't go around talking about himself like that, even if he does come off as weird or angry.

[quote] I believe it happened but I also think she's milking it for attention.

R119 People on social media and threads like this are the ones milking it.

What position was Theroux on the call sheet for Girl On The Train? Because he played a key role in that movie. In fact he was the male lead. I was too focused on Edgar Ramirez and Luke Evans but Justin was the main protagonist. I think Rebecca Ferguson used that term about his place on the call sheet to indicate this was not some nobody, but someone who was a key player. I would not discount Hugh Grant. I can definitely see him being an ass. But I still want to put Theroux on that list.

[quote]R119 I believe it happened but I also think she's milking it for attention.

How is she doing that? It’s not like she’s doing daily updates. It was one interview.

More to the point: who the fuck is Rebecca Ferguson?