Minnie Driver Recalls ‘Pervy’ Casting Director Asking Her To Fake An Orgasm During An Audition
08.05.2022 - 21:49
/ perezhilton.com
Minnie Driver is not afraid to stand up for herself – even when she was just starting out in the entertainment business.
In an excerpt from her new memoir Managing Expectations, obtained by E! News, the 52-year-old actress recalled being an aspiring young actress trying out for a television commercial in her hometown of London just after she made her big-screen debut in Circle of Friends. While she may have been excited about the opportunity at first, it ended up being a horrible experience after a casting director made an inappropriate request.
According to Minnie, there had been a male director and more than a dozen other men from an ad agency inside the audition room. Since a script was not given to her for the commercial, the director had instructed her to recreate the infamous scene from When Harry Met Sally:
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The Good Will Hunting star had been shocked, replying:
To which the man responded while laughing:
WTF?!?!
Minnie claimed the director asked her to do it twice, once “normally” and again in a “bigger” way, telling her that take would be used for a Dutch market. Throughout the experience, the Speechless alum remembered wanting to run out of the room to warn the other women waiting for their turn. She wrote, per The Times:
Nevertheless, she continued and ate the “revolting” chocolate while faking an orgasm just like the scene in the 1989 movie. When Minnie told the casting group she couldn’t do it again, one of the ad men allegedly said:
However, the Oscar nominee put her foot down, firing back at the crew that she would not do it anymore because she “will throw up.” As Minnie recalls, the director just “sneered”