Minnie Driver Recalls ‘Pervy’ Director Asking Her To Fake An Orgasm During Audition — Unless She ‘Fancied Having A Real One’
etcanada.comMinnie Driver has just released her memoir, and an excerpt from the book, Managing Expectations, finds her looking back at a horrific audition that left her “humiliated.” In an excerpt appearing in The Times, Driver recalls being an aspiring young actress auditioning for a TV commercial selling chocolate.
In the audition — for which there was no script — she writes that the casting director asked if she’d seen “When Harry Met Sally”.
She had. READ MORE: Minnie Driver Recalls How ‘Damaging’ It Could Have Been Being Told She Wasn’t ‘Sexy’ Enough For ‘Good Will Hunting’ Role “You know the scene where she fakes an orgasm?” he asked, and then instructed her, “Eat a piece of chocolate and do that.” Driver was incredulous. “Fake an orgasm?” she replied. “Yes.
Unless you fancy having a real one,” he responded. Writes Driver, “I thought about all the girls waiting outside. All of us vying for an opportunity that was actually humiliation dressed up in a pick-me!
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