Adam Driver declines comment on Lena Dunham Girls memoir claims in Cannes

Adam Driver declined to comment on allegations made by Lena Dunham about his behavior on the set of HBO’s Girls, responding briefly when asked during a press conference in Cannes for his new film, Paper Tiger. The actor, 42, was asked about claims in Dunham’s recently published memoir, Famesick, in which she described him as verbally aggressive and sometimes physically intimidating while they worked together on the series.

Driver’s answer was short and deflective. “I have no comment on any of that. I’m saving it all for my book,” he said, prompting laughter from those in attendance.

In Famesick, Dunham, 40, alleges that during rehearsals and line practice, Driver became angry and at one point hurled a chair at a wall next to her. She also writes about an incident in which he shouted at her while she struggled to speak during the rehearsal, along with additional claims that he punched a hole in a trailer wall and behaved in ways she described as frightening. Dunham’s account includes personal context about her health and dissociation, which she links to what she described as undiagnosed endometriosis at the time.

Despite the allegations, Dunham writes that she and Driver still...