‘Horizon 2’
Unscripted Rape Scene Traumatized Close by Child Actors!!!
Revealed
Kevin Costner is being sued by a stunt performer over a unscripted rape scene in his anthology sequence “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2” … and it appears the second additionally took its toll on the movie’s youngster actors.
This is the deal … Devyn LaBella filed the lawsuit this week in opposition to Costner and the movie’s manufacturing firms after she says she was “the victim of a violent unscripted, unscheduled rape scene” directed by Costner on Might 2, 2023, in response to authorized docs we obtained.
A manufacturing supply with direct information tells TMZ … Whereas they cannot converse to the lawsuit allegations, they did know that the rape scene was filmed inside earshot of kid actors … and neither they nor their grownup counterparts got any heads up in regards to the loud, specific second.
And since that they had zero warning, the youngsters had been scared and upset after they all of the sudden heard a girl screaming bloody homicide — and adults round them reassured all was effectively … though nobody knew what was taking place!
TMZ.com
LaBella — whose different credit embrace “Barbie” and “American Horror Story” — says she skilled no points on set prior and even filmed a scheduled and rehearsed sexual assault scene on Might 1 … which is why she was shocked to walk on to set the next day studying she could be topic to taking pictures one other specific scene.
We hear there have been whispers on set the subsequent day that it was an “uncomfortable” night time for actors concerned within the unscripted scene — however for probably the most half, no matter occurred was very “hush hush.”
LaBella claims there was no contractually mandated intimacy coordinator current on set for the unscripted assault. And the swimsuit accuses Costner and the related manufacturing firms of appearing “with malice, fraud, oppression, and in reckless disregard” of her rights.
Costner’s legal professional Marty Singer beforehand informed TMZ the lawsuit has “absolutely no merit” and claims LaBella is a “serial accuser of people in the entertainment industry” … and provides Costner “always wants to make sure that everyone is comfortable working on his films and takes safety on set very seriously.”
Our supply agrees, principally … Kevin is a professional and was fantastic, particularly to the child actors – save for this occasion of no warning for such a graphic second, which was a critical lapse in protocol at worst, disrespectful at finest.
We reached out to New Line Cinema for remark … to date, no phrase again.
