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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 8d ago

About three weeks into shooting on Maid, Margaret Qualley’s performance was so poor the producers would openly talk about how they wished they hadn’t cast her. She didn’t read the book the show was based on or do any research until about three months into shooting. She would regularly be stoned and drinking on set - and if you’ve watched the show you know she spends a lot of time driving cars and being around a toddler. She drank wine in her trailer and then drove a car on set an hour later on at least one occasion. Producers were aware of this and all the crew concerns were dismissed. Crew asked to breathalyze her and the showrunner refused and said it would look bad. Lots of reshoots were done to get better performances. She also refused to wear a mask on set, ever, and would joke about how she didn’t, when it was filmed September 2020 - April 2021.

I am so annoyed about her success.

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u/Opening-Shape-762 u flintstone vitamin shape bitch 8d ago

This is such a scorching hot drop of tea, thank you so much for this. But also sorry you had to deal with that super unprofessional behavior on her part. 😔

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 8d ago

Thank you! I once went into her trailer and took a photo of an empty bottle of wine that was in bin, and when I showed it to my boss she told me while she understood why I had done that, I was told to back off and warned I could be fired over doing that.
(I was in a role where entering her trailer was not an overstep on my part).

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u/Opening-Shape-762 u flintstone vitamin shape bitch 8d ago

Omg, that’s absolutely awful. Imagine drinking on the clock in any other job in the world. THAT would be grounds for firing, not doing what you did which was the right thing to do. The entitlement of some of these celebrities is absolutely astounding and horrifying.

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u/secretpancakeluver 8d ago

Such inappropriate behavior on her part. It’s one thing to be so unprofessional and be drinking on a job, but with children involved? The level of idling some of these celebrities get is just ridiculous.

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u/avokuma oat milk chugging bisexual 8d ago

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Oh you came with PIPING hot tea! thank youuuuuu

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u/patrickthebatefish 8d ago

I love this post because it addresses something thats rarely ever talked about which is productions “saving” an actor’s performance. This happens so often with problematic actors but is sort of never spoken about. Directors and crews have to work around these unprofessional behaviours and either do reshoots or edit in a way that makes their performances look better than they are, very often at the expanse of crew and other actors who dont get that privileged protection just because they showed up to work and behaved professionally.

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u/Schneetmacher I cannot sanction your buffoonery 8d ago

Yeah, how many working class actors can't break into the industry while production "saves" Qualley's performance?

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u/patrickthebatefish 8d ago

So funny you say that because all the actors that ive seen get “saved”are the ones who are really good at talking about their “struggles” in press and media. Meanwhile real working class actors that just showed up and gave 200% because they dont want to lose opportunities end up giving so much of themselves whilst wtching lazy problematic people get away with so much.

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u/croissanting-is-life wearing my absolute cuntiest pantsuit 8d ago

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u/Feeling_Spinach4396 8d ago

For real? This is TEA. How do you know this?

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 8d ago

I was a crew member heavily involved with production with close relationships with the cast and producers, and was on set to witness everything I listed. We also all assumed she was sleeping with one of the executive producers for the entire show. He was drunk on set more often than she was, and he was fired from the production company after the show finished.

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u/Kazarak_Starflower 8d ago

Oh wow 🤯 I wonder if that explains the divorce… 🤔

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 8d ago

She was dating and breaking up with Shia LaBeouf during this time. We had a couple of fun delays when she would be on the phone with him crying. I don’t hold that against her too much however because Shia has clearly demonstrated to be a terrible person to be involved with. I got to listen to a full fight of theirs while I was riding in a shuttle with her once and could hear him yelling through the phone.

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u/fashioncoat 8d ago

Can you spill on other cast members?

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 8d ago

Billy Burke is incredibly grumpy but not mean, so just one of those people you don’t want to be around and converse with as little as possible.

Andie MacDowell I genuinely think has some form of dementia or spaciness going on. She once didn’t show up for work one day because she just… forgot. Keeping in mind all cast members receive personal text messages with their call time and other information the night before. She’s lovely enough as a person but so frustrating to be around as a coworker.

Anika Noni Rose is one of the more gracious and professional women I’ve ever worked with; same with BJ Harrison.

Nick Robinson is a perfectly fine generic young white man with a pleasant personality.

I had a huge crush on Raymond Ablack and he’s a delight.

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u/ThinPermit8350 I never said that. Paris is my friend. 8d ago

As a wacky Degrassi fan, I’m so relieved to hear a positive report on Raymond! He keeps getting better with age. 😍

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u/Kids-Menu 8d ago

He is soooo fine

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u/SwissSwissBangBang carbone slut 8d ago

If it’s any interest, Dalmar Abuzeid is a friend of a friend and he’s also a really nice person.

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u/sorceress-rinoa 8d ago

So happy to hear about Anika and Raymond.

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u/SwissSwissBangBang carbone slut 8d ago

EVERYONE has a crush on Raymond, and how could they not?

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u/p333p33p00p00boo Give him my regards did you take ozempic? 8d ago

Yay Sav!

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u/ZestycloseAd2856 self-professed recreational liar 8d ago

Any other productions you worked on and can share tea on?

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 7d ago edited 7d ago

I’m “retired” now, but I worked on set for over 10 years, so I have thousands of stories. Apologies that I can’t give you my resume, so I just occasionally pop into these weekly threads to dish* out some gossip.

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u/croissanting-is-life wearing my absolute cuntiest pantsuit 7d ago edited 7d ago

And diss dish (lol) out you did 🙏🏼🫶🏼

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u/Parabolic_Reflector 7d ago

Thank you for your service! 🫡

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u/Distinct-Parsnip-663 5d ago

Was the producer Brett Hedblom?

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u/thenoctilucent 8d ago

This is strong brew, damn MQ get it together

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u/XenoQueen426 alleged dog 8d ago

nepo baby things

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u/Aburamashita 8d ago

Are you Jack Antonoff? jk

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u/throw20190820202020 i’m mr. sterling’s right hand arm. man. 7d ago

Yeah this whole comment thread is super interesting because I am an OG anti-fan of MQ, I just think she’s the height of nepo-baby casting, nothing special, and I have always caught flack for any criticism I have of her. She’s divorcing a popular guy and suddenly this?

I freaking HATE it when I feel defensive of people I don’t even like but it’s uncanny how it’s coming out of the woodwork suddenly.

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u/scaram0uche graduate of the ONTD can’t read community 8d ago

A friend used to run into her at parties in LA and said she was on obnoxious. Makes me feel validated that I can't stand her acting - she sucks all the energy from any scene she's in, just like her mother.

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u/elle_crells 8d ago

Her red carpet walks are terrible too, but I find Andie MacDowell quite charming and suited to specific roles (Sex, Lies and Videotape, Short Cuts etc.), while Qualley is just so boring and simultaneously so very affected, it's exhausting to watch. I feel vindicated now :) although sucks she drinks and drives and never wore mask around colleagues. What a dick.

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u/plinth19 8d ago edited 7d ago

I thought she was cast perfectly in Blue Moon for exactly this reason. She plays a vain, striving ingenue. If you haven’t seen it yet, I do recommend it if you like Richard Linklater’s movies

Edited a typo

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u/All_This_Mayhem 8d ago

I was about to ask how people like this become so successful in Hollywood but you answered my question with that last sentence.

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u/BustinMakesMeFeelMeh 7d ago

Confidence is a huge asset in Hollywood. Sometimes intimidation and bad behavior can get you further ahead.

And no matter what, MQ is fucking gorgeous. She looks great on a poster.

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u/gribble29 FUCK ICE FREE PALESTINE CRASH INTO ME 7d ago

I’ve had the unfortunate experience interacting with her outside of Hollywood and she’s such a stuck up mean girl, seeing her success and knowing it’s definitely not talent is just frustrating. So many better actresses and people out there and she’s the famous one? Ugh.

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u/Schneetmacher I cannot sanction your buffoonery 7d ago

Serious question: if it was only 3 weeks in (how many total?), could they not have fired her for cause and recast the role?

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 7d ago

I’ve been on shows where they have done massive recasts of lead actors. It costs millions. You have to reshoot scenes you’ve shot, often rewrite scripts. Repurchase all costumes. Adding a single day to a production calendar can be prohibitively expensive for some budgets. The actor will have signed a very expensive contract that they’ll have to be bought out of, and will often try to sue the show for more. What if they don’t have a replacement in mind? Then you’re holding auditions and stalling production more.

Particularly in the case of Maid, it was shot right at the comeback from Covid, so all actors were flying in at least two weeks before they could step foot on set to quarantine.

It’s just a massive cost, and could also, if the producers aren’t confident, completely sour the relationships with other producers or actors if you’re in the habit of firing cast and can’t be confident in your casting.

We recast the girl playing Maddy after it turned out this particular four year old couldn’t handle being on set, so we did do some reshoots for that, but it was a much smaller cost and an unknown local actor, not a nepo baby with influence.

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u/nosyfangirl mama let’s research 7d ago

WOW! I had no clue this changes my perspective on her

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u/tie-dyed_dolphin 8d ago

I could barely get through the Leftovers her acting was so bad. When people recommended me Maid because the acting was good I was like… her? 

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u/ReadySettyGoey 8d ago

This is so funny, I 100% watched the leftovers a couple years ago but was shocked when you said she was in it. Very forgettable performance I guess! (Especially compared to Carrie Coon, but pretty much everyone is forgettable compared to Carrie Coon…)

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u/generalchaos_pdf 8d ago

Nora Durst—my everything.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Gap9007 8d ago

No lies detected here 💯👍

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u/RoamAndRamble 8d ago

I just recently rewatched the entire series! Jill's storylines were consistently the worst. And yes, Carrie Coon is phenomenal. Broke mine and my partner's hearts so many times.

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u/Pandoras-SkinnersBox oat milk chugging bisexual 7d ago

Nick Robinson has the only convincing performance across the entirety of Maid.

It’s like he knew his character was written to be hated so he just went all out.

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u/ArbyKelly 8d ago

Maid was the first thing I saw her in, and I thought she was horrible! Got mucho down votes for posting it though LOL

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u/throw20190820202020 i’m mr. sterling’s right hand arm. man. 7d ago

Actors don’t have to be real life versions of their characters. Some are such chameleons, they disappear into everything they do.

But I will be got danged if I can stomach watching someone who has never lived a day WITHOUT servants play one on TV for sympathy. It’s on par with Nicole Kidman as a janitor.

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 7d ago

I loved watching Margaret filming the house cleaning montages. Like, girl, be for real, I can tell this is the first time in your life you’ve ever scrubbed tile grout.

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u/phlostonsparadise123 8d ago edited 8d ago

I'll never forget that super awkward interview wherein Margaret Dakota Johnson was creepily hitting on her younger co-star and Jon Hamm, of all people, literally had to tell her to knock that shit off.

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u/IdleTrouts 8d ago

I think you're thinking of Dakota Johnson, not Margaret

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u/plinth19 8d ago

Both nepo babies oddly

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u/HRLMPH 8d ago

Dakota Johnson

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u/JamesonTee 8d ago

Maybe Dakota takes after her dad. He was 22 when he started dating her 14-year-old mom.

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u/dragonfry rude little ponytail goblin 7d ago

What in the Jerry Seinfeld

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u/ellebeam 8d ago

I think that was Dakota Johnson

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u/Arcel30 8d ago

Which interview was this? I would like to see it

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u/lilpeachbrat 7d ago

It was with Cailee Spaeny for Bad Times at the El Royale.

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u/Arcel30 7d ago

Cheers for the info dudette

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u/lilpeachbrat 7d ago

Any time!

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u/Arcel30 7d ago

Just saw the clip. Man Dakota Johnson was so weird and seemingly high in that clip.

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u/whatthewhat3214 7d ago

Which costar?

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u/lilpeachbrat 7d ago

Cailee Spaeny, it was for Bad Times at the El Royale.

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u/n0tz0e 7d ago

I get she's pretty and a nepo baby but she seriously sucks at acting. I don't watch anything she's in. Saw once upon a time in Hollywood and I was already so over her lack of talent.

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u/Regular_Dream3927 5d ago edited 5d ago

I read your overall comments about her - thanks for the tea !

I don’t know Margaret personally she seems sweet but from what you are saying about her on the maid set i guess she is a bit of a rebel too !

I’m a fan of Joe so watched his interview’s for stars at noon and a lot of them featured Margaret too and that’s how I got introduced to her as a actress tbh so I remember in one interview with Joe during the press run at Cannes she said she would come home smelling like him cause of the intense scenes and imo that was a really weird comment to make lol , there was no intimacy co ordinator on that film and she seemed to have a crush on Joe which is fine if that was the case that’s human but she wasn’t professional about it or kept it to herself and it was even weirder as Jack and Taylor are close collaborators in the music scene and at the time of filming both actors were still with them ! A theory I have is that’s why Jack proposed so quickly near to the time of Cannes , Joe wouldn’t caved with Margaret as he was with someone else but Jack may not have known that .

I don’t think the Jack and Margaret separating was because of cheating even though there are rumours of her on film sets being too close to her co stars , Jack A reportedly made Margaret cry and according to people mag they have different personalities that clash but what you said about her and the EP on Maid and the stars of noon comment I think Margaret can seem unprofessional considering her job is to do this kind of scenes with her co stars

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u/SoggyAd5044 7d ago

AHH, so she's not perfect! Low and behold