Frances McDormand and Joel Coen deny witnessing Scott Rudin ‘laying into’ female assistant

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Frances McDormand and Joel Coen have denied witnessing any bullying behaviour by producer Scott Rudin, who has been accused of workplace misconduct by former employees. “He invited Frances McDormand and Joel Coen into the office for a meeting,” he said, adding that during the visit, Rudin left his office to the assistant bullpen just outside and “laid into an assistant while they were there. Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin In a new interview with Deadline, Coen said: “I think there isn’t anyone who works in the business who hasn’t heard those stories over the last however many decades that Scott has been working… I heard the stories and to a certain extent, I didn’t doubt the stories… but I never, ever saw anything like that from Scott. So, that makes me skeptical of anything else that particular person might be saying.” McDormand said: “I think the most important thing that Joel has said is that we have worked with Scott for many years, we have not witnessed his disrespectful bully behaviour to his employees, and what Joel has just said, anyone that questions our reputation should speak to us about that.