Minnie Driver has claimed that she ‘wasn’t allowed’ to wear a wetsuit on set while filming a Hollywood movie about flooding, claiming the producers wanted her nipples visible throughout the film.
The actress said that during the shooting of the 1998 film Hard Rain, she was told by producers that they wanted her nipples to be visible throughout the film.
Driver claimed that the producers pulled her aside and explained there was “no point doing the wet T-shirt thing if you couldn’t have what was underneath it”. While the rest of the cast, including Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater, were permitted to wear wetsuits under their costumes, Driver was not.
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The actress protested against this decision, stating ‘this is wrong’, but felt ‘punished’ for speaking out and spent seven months filming the movie feeling isolated. The plot of Hard Rain revolves around a heist in a town that has been flooded due to heavy rainfall.
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This film was released early in Driver’s career, following her breakout role in the 1995 film Circle of Friends. Speaking to the I Weigh podcast, the 54-year-old actress recalled: “I was in this movie, Hard Rain, with Christian Slater and Morgan Freeman. We were in 20 million gallons of water, they built a town, it’s set during this massive storm, there’s huge rain machines, we shot crazy hours; it was tough, it was a tough movie. Everybody else could wear a wetsuit underneath their costume.”
“I was told by the producers that I couldn’t because they wanted to see my nipples and that there was no point doing the wet T-shirt thing if you couldn’t have what was underneath it.”
“It was very plainly told, like, you’re an idiot if you don’t understand what’s going on.”
“I remember saying ‘this is wrong’, I remember calling my agent.”
“I then remember it being like I was… People wouldn’t speak to me on the set.”
“I was so punished for it.”
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“It was leaked to the press that I called and complained about conditions but it was as if there was nothing to complain about and I was just complaining.”
Driver described it as ‘gaslighting’.
She added: “Eventually, you do turn on yourself, you do go ‘it was my fault for saying anything, you stupid big mouth, you should have shut up’.”
“That goes in and alters the way in which you see yourself and your natural inclination to put your hand up and go ‘this isn’t right, this is dangerous and out of balance’.”
She added: “It was fine, it was uncomfortable, but it was fine. The way in which it was dealt with was a macro example of… ‘teach her a lesson, shut her up’.”
The Daily Star has contacted representatives of Mark Gordon and Ian Bryce for comment and efforts have been made to contact Gary Levinsohn directly.
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