It looks like Harrison Ford isn't the only person that could take issue with Alec Baldwin's new memoir, 'Nevertheless'
Dana Brunetti, the producer behind Fifty Shades of Grey, told The Hollywood Reporter that Baldwin is lying in his book about claims that the producer misled him over how old his co-star and on screen lover Nikki Reed was when filming the movie, Mini's First Time.
The two actors engaged in sex scenes for the film and Baldwin made the claim in his book that he was livid when he learned that Reed was underage.
“I was forty-seven, and it never occurred to me to ask how old Nikki Reed was. When I found out, just as we finished, that she was seventeen, I flipped out on the producers, who had told me something different,” Baldwin writes.
Brunetti, who produced the film with Kevin Spacey and Evan Astrowsky, said that not only did Baldwin know of Reed's age (she was actually sixteen during filming), but also that the producers never misled him and that there was no incident in which Baldwin berated the producers.
"It's a lie," Brunetti said. "I read it and was like, 'What the f—. Of course he totally knew how old she was. That’s why there’s no nudity in the movie. He knew before we even cast the movie. I think he’s been method acting Trump too much and he doesn’t know the difference between fake news anymore."
The writer and director of the film, Nick Guthe, also threw water on Baldwin's claims.
"We all knew she was 16. When we discussed it at first, it was a question of meeting with her and making sure she was mature enough to handle the role," Guthe said. "On the set, Nikki, being 16, would often speak quickly the way teenagers do, and Alec asked me about that at times because he had trouble understanding her, and I would remind him, ‘She’s 16.’”
Guthe also said he was surprised that the book wasn't fact checked by the publishers as not only did they get Reed's age wrong. they also got Baldwin's age at the time wrong. Baldwin was in fact 46 when the movie was filmed, not 47.
After the release of Brunetti's comments on The Hollywood Reporter, Baldwin and Brunetti have been engaging on a quite a heated Twitter spat.
@ABFalecbaldwin @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am Name something I've done shady or unethical, Alec. You lied, face it, admit it and move on. I'm not afraid of bullies like you.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
@ABFalecbaldwin @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am If required, I'm sure there is one. But really, are you going to continue to deny that you didn't know she was 16?? I'll bury you.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am I was told she was 16 by her hairdresser. At the end of the shoot.
You're already buried.— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am Dana, produce the releases, you Hollywood zombie, and you're all good
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
@ABFalecbaldwin @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am I'm sure SAG has them. Contact them. You're the one maligning me and will need to defend and retract your lies.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am Put down that 50 Shades part 9 script you're reading and trot on over to SAG! Pronto!
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
@ABFalecbaldwin @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am Don't be jealous. I may have a part for you in it.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am I'm doing @matchgameabc so I don't have to work w guys like u...
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
@ABFalecbaldwin @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am @matchgameabc You mean my Oscar nominated films? Nice plug by the way. When are you gonna come out to the 310 with a chain and show us how it's done?
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am @matchgameabc Do me 1 favor? Just teach me how to bankrupt a company like Relativity. I want to put it in a screenplay I'm working on.
Oh. Get the waiver.— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
The back and forth between the pair raged on for a while longer before Brunetti called Baldwin out in a separate tweet.
The problem with Hollywood is they cower to blowhard bullies like @ABFalecbaldwin. He can't handle when someone like me stands up to him.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
It looked like Baldwin had the final word but Brunetti still had one card up his sleeve.
@ABFalecbaldwin More lies. No wonder Kim divorced you.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
We doubt we've heard the last of this.
Via THR