Olivia Munn speaks out about her experiences filming The Newsroom

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Olivia Munn has spoken out about her experiences filming The Newsroom, alleging repeated creative clashes with a director on the HBO series led to professional conflicts on set — and attempts to derail her career afterwards.

The 44-year-old actress discussed the situation during an episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, in conversation with host Dax Shepard.

Oilvia, who starred as financial reporter Sloan Sabbith in the Aaron Sorkin–created series from 2012 to 2014, said tensions escalated during the second and third seasons, particularly as her character became romantically involved with Don Keefer, played by Thomas Sadoski, 48.

The star claimed the director repeatedly pressured her to play the romantic arc from Sloan’s perspective only.

“The director kept trying to force me to carry that storyline only on my side,” she said – adding: “I’m in the middle of working and I’ve got this new Bloomberg machine, and I’m so excited, and he’s like, ‘Can you look out at him and smile?’

“And I’m like, ‘Why? She’s busy doing this.’ Or, ‘Can you stop and snuggle up to him or flirt with him or can you give him a kiss?’”

A particularly contentious moment occurred, Olivia said, when her character discovered Don had committed insider trading using confidential information she had shared.

“I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? This is insane,’” she recalled.

According to Oilvia, the director disagreed with her interpretation and insisted Sloan should find the situation “kind of funny”.

The conflict culminated in a standoff during filming.