Adam Driver may be known for leading critically acclaimed films like “BlacKkKlansman” and blockbusters like “Star Wars,” but his career first gained steam on TV in Lena Dunham‘s HBO series “Girls.” The show has been in the news again recently as Dunham’s memoir, “Famesick,” revealed behind-the-scenes drama including claims about Driver’s on-set behavior.
In the book, Dunham said that Driver was at times “verbally aggressive” and once “hurled a chair at the wall next to me.” At the Cannes press conference for his latest film “Paper Tiger” on Sunday, it didn’t take long for Driver to be asked about the claims.
“I have no comment on any of that. I’m saving it all for my book,” Driver said plainly, sparking laughter in the room.
In “Famesick,” Dunham wrote: “I remember doing a fight scene with Adam and how scary it was to meet someone so totally present with such absence. Late one night, as we practiced lines in my trailer, I found that mine were suddenly gone. I knew I’d written them. I’d known them only minutes before. But when I opened my mouth, all that came out was a stammer — until finally, Adam screamed, ‘FUCKING SAY SOMETHING’ and hurled a chair at the wall next to me. ‘WAKE THE FUCK UP,’ he told me. ‘I’M SICK OF WATCHING YOU JUST STARE.’”
