‘Could you leave please’: Unearthed video shows Faye Dunaway ordering crew member off set for being in her eyeline
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Faye Dunaway, one of the most talented actresses in Hollywood, has also acquired the image of a mercurial thespian among her fans.
A recently unearthed video once again brought to the fore the 83-year-old legend’s rumored temperamental side as she is seen snapping at the crew.
In the video, the actress can be seen ordering the crew members to move away from her line of vision as she could see them, per Daily Mail.
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Faye Dunaway orders crew member to get off set
The unearthed video is from 1996 when the actress lost her concentration while promoting her live stage show 'Master Class'.
Dunaway can be seen glaring at a crew member who is not visible in the video. The Oscar-winning actress then snaps at the unseen crew member, saying, “Could you leave please, you're right in my eyeline.”
The ‘Network’ actress then can be seen glaring and turns back sharply to take another shot.
In the same video, Dunaway can be seen showering her displeasure over another crew member when the staffer is heard shouting “Action.”
The cue apparently irked the ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ actress, who said to the staffer, “Mo you cant do that, we have to get set, you have to wait and let me give you a sign.”
After a short while, she can be heard saying again, “What's going on, I'm not ready?”
Faye Dunaway’s previous controversy
The crew member in the 'Master Class' commercial wasn’t the only staffer who has been upbraided by the actress. In 2019, she was accused of slapping a crew member of the stage production of ‘Tea at Five’.
While Dunaway was set to play Katharine Hepburn in the Boston-based production, she was fired from the role for slamming the staffer.
Per Daily Mail, she was accused of “verbally abusing” the crew, who was left “fearful for their safety".
A few days after the ‘Tea at Five’ controversy, Dunaway was served with a lawsuit by her former assistant Michael Rocha who alleged the ‘Mommy Dearest’ actress harassed him by referring to him as a “little homosexual boy”.
Rocha filed in his court documents that Dunaway “regularly and relentlessly subjected the plaintiff to abusive demeaning tirades” while referring to his sexual orientation to 'demean and humiliate him at work'.
Faye Dunaway’s biography set to release
As HBO is preparing to release a documentary on Dunaway’s life, titled ‘Faye’, the clip of the actress snapping at the staffer got unearthed.
The documentary will be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France next month, and the actress is expected to attend the same.
Apart from her son Liam, several colleagues and friends of Dunaway like Sharon Stone, Mickey Rourke and James Gray are expected to reminisce about the actress’ storied career.
