Casting administrators from Anne Hathaway films deny ‘gross’ chemistry checks for the duration of auditions

A modern bombshell from Anne Hathaway could not have the detonation radius some men and women imagine.

In a V Journal story posted Monday, the “Devil Wears Prada” alum claimed she was on a regular basis requested to participate in not comfortable chemistry checks although auditioning for roles in the 2000s.

“It was viewed as regular to request an actor to make out with other actors to examination for chemistry, which is actually the worst way to do it,” Hathaway said. “I was advised, ‘We have ten men coming these days and you’re solid. Aren’t you energized to make out with all of them?’ And I imagined, ‘Is there anything wrong with me?’ mainly because I was not enthusiastic. I considered it sounded gross.”

She added, “It wasn’t a electricity enjoy, no 1 was making an attempt to be awful or harm me. It was just a very distinct time and now we know greater.”

Though Hathaway did not contact out any person by title, at least one particular casting director who labored with her during that time has denied these kinds of tests ended up done on their set.

“I surely was not a element of any audition that required her to make out, or anyone else to, and it was not a little something done at Disney and Touchstone for the 15 several years I was a casting executive in function movies, as considerably as I am aware of,” Donna Morong, casting director for “The Princess Diaries” — which was produced in 2001 and may possibly see a 3rd installment soon — mentioned in a statement to The Occasions.

“I have no cause to believe that Anne Hathaway would lie about experiencing that in other casting offices but it appears to be like a outrageous way to measure whether two people have ‘chemistry,’ wholly ineffective and I would concur, ‘gross,’” Morong ongoing. “As Anne mentioned in her short article in ‘V,’ she beloved doing the job with Garry Marshall and never referenced earning out with a number of actors throughout the casting of ‘Princess Diaries.’”

“Brokeback Mountain” casting director Avy Kaufman advised TMZ she has no recollection of nearly anything very similar to what Hathaway in-depth in her protect tale. She explained to The Periods on Wednesday that she did not have “any excellent stories” to share.

TMZ also claimed that Linda Lamontagne, who assisted solid Hathaway in the 1999-2000 collection “Get Serious,” denied overseeing any chemistry read through matching the actor’s description.

“I’ve labored in casting because ‘Capital News’ in 1988, and, in all honesty, under no circumstances experienced to have actors make out with any other actor for any auditions nor chemistry exams,” Lamontagne informed the outlet, introducing that while she doesn’t deny Hathaway experienced these an expertise, she was under no circumstances at the helm of it.

“It’s tricky sufficient to audition for a thing that is new, or even founded and we do not want to make a expertise unpleasant. It’s adequate force as it is,” she mentioned.

Lamontagne didn’t reply right away to The Times’ request for remark.

As a producer on her approaching film “The Idea of You,” which premiered March 16 at South by Southwest and drops Could 2 on Primary Movie, Hathaway was ready to concoct a chemistry check of her personal, which she connected to V Journal.

During auditions for the film, actors were being asked to choose a track they felt their character would appreciate and to participate in it in a bid to get Hathaway’s character, one mother Solène Marchand, to dance.

Nicholas Galitzine — whose past credits incorporate “Red, White & Royal Blue” and “Bottoms” — received her in excess of with an Alabama Shakes tune, Hathaway reported.

“I was sitting down in a chair like we experienced occur in from evening meal or a wander or anything, we pressed enjoy, and we just begun dancing collectively. … No person was exhibiting off,” she continued. “Nobody was attempting to get the gig. We had been just in a room dancing. I seemed over and Michael Showalter, our director, was beaming. Spark!”