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According to a2001Observerarticle, Rudins office at Paramount reportedly contained a jungle of foliage meant to hide the destruction.
He called Angelina Jolie a minimally talented spoiled brat with a rampaging spoiled ego.
He suggested President Obama would like Kevin Hart.
Inanother Sony conversationreleased by BuzzFeed, Rudin speculated thatBarack Obamawould also like the Black-led films12 Years a SlaveandRide Along.
He laterapologized, saying the remarks were meant to be funny but were instead thoughtless and insensitive.
He reportedly pushed an assistant out of a moving car.
According to Page Six,an assistant was once late to pick Rudin up from the airport.
My last day is today, the assistant said.
(When asked about such stories in the interview, Rudin laughed but made no denials.)
He reportedly cracked cell phones in half like he was shucking oysters.
A plastic U.S. mail crate of new phones was reportedly kept on standby.
According tothe 2005Wall Street Journalreport, staffers wanted to keep an appropriate distance so they wouldnt get hit.
The rookies often stood too close, a former employee said.
Rudin admitted to throwing things occasionally, but very rarely.
He reportedly fired an assistant for mispronouncing a directors name.
He reportedly fired someone for bringing him the wrong breakfast muffin.
Rudintold theJournalthat he didnt remember the incident but said it was entirely possible.
He reportedly sent heavy smoker Harvey Weinstein a crate of cigarettes during a feud.
Weinstein reportedly said the movie wasnt finished and nixed its Venice Film Festival debut.
He reportedly put the definition ofanticipatein huge letters over an assistants desk.
According tothe 2005Journalarticle, Rudin reportedly forced the assistant to tape the sign above his work space.
Then I would think youre intelligent.
He reportedly fired an assistant who was on the way to his childhood friends funeral.
Silk, who was later rehired,told Page Sixthat he was on anti-ulcer medication while working for Rudin.
He reportedly fired and rehired a legally blind assistant.
He reportedly emailed a staffer 1,400 times over nine days.
An associate shared this experience withThe Hollywood Reporterin 2010.
He reportedly jeopardized an entire production to get back at playwright Bruce Norris.
He allegedly owes an advertising agency over $6 million.
Rudins attorney denied the merit of the case.
His lawyers sent cease-and-desist letters to amateur and stock theater companies over productions ofTo Kill a Mockingbird.
He banned a critic from all future screenings of his films for breaking a review embargo.
(Rudins publicist denied this, andthe critic, Armond White, was eventually able to attend.)
He slashed Broadway ticket prices at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
He reportedly got the musicalBeetlejuiceevicted from the Winter Garden Theatre.
While stop clauses do have precedents, theTimesdescribed the situation as unusual becauseBeetlejuices grosses had already rebounded.
He reportedly called assistants a fucking waste of skin.
An ex-employeetoldEsquirethis was a frequent Rudin insult.
