Philipps describes what happened next. “James did not say his line in response. Instead, he grabbed both my arms and screamed in my face, ‘DON’T EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN!’ And he threw me on the ground.”
“Immediately, I could feel the wet hot stinging of tears, but I tried like hell to suck them back in,” she said, noting that he wasn’t punished more for pushing her. “That’s how a boys’ club works.”
Philipps, however, adds Franco apologized the next day on set for what occurred. “He smiled and hugged me. And I don’t need to tell you this, but James is a f–king movie star. He was horrible to me, yes, but he’s also gorgeous and charming as hell. That’s where the manipulation lives.”
She further claims that Franco didn’t think she was a good actor, which caused her to be “insecure.” “He treated me as if I were inconsequential, barely there.”
The actor had yet to react to the accusation as at press time.