Olivia Munn Recounts Costar Halting Scene Over Her Saving Him

Olivia Munn recounted a tense on-set standoff with an unnamed male costar during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show this week, where the actor halted production for nearly 45 minutes because her character was scripted to save his in a bunker shootout scene.

Munn, known for action roles in films like X-Men: Apocalypse and The Predator, described the sequence as a tactical exchange in an underground firefight. The two characters were covering opposite angles, she explained, before switching positions. As her costar turned his back, an enemy approached from behind, poised to shoot him. Her character fired the shot that eliminated the threat. "If you read the script, it was that he was guarding his side, I was guarding my side, then we switch sides and then there's a guy that was coming for him who was gonna shoot him in the back, so I shoot him," Munn said.

The issue arose moments before filming was set to begin. The costar, who Munn said had apparently overlooked the detail in the script, suddenly objected. "Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. She can't save me. No, no. She can't save me," he declared publicly, according to Munn. He then became combative with the director, arguing...