Jane Levy opened about her former What/If co-star Samantha Ware’s simple act of compassion after feeling humiliated on the set of Netflix’s neo-noir social thriller.
The 30-year-old Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist star revealed ‘during a camera test a director yelled in front of the entire crew’ that her ‘breasts looked too small’ and ‘demanded wardrobe’ get her a padded bra.
‘I went and changed and he said ‘much better!’ The only person who acknowledged my humiliation & checked in on me was @Sammie_Ware,’ Levy tweeted on Thursday, along with Ware’s detailed interview with Variety.
Finding comfort: Jane Levy opened about her former What/If co-star Samantha Ware’s simple act of compassion after feeling humiliated by a director on the set of Netflix’s thriller; seen in January
Levy’s praise of the singer, 28, comes after Ware gave a candid tell-all about the alleged ‘abuse’ she suffered on the set of Glee at the hands of the show’s star Lea Michele.
‘It was after I did my first performance, that’s when it started – the silent treatment, the stare-downs, the looks, the comments under her breath, the weird passive-aggressiveness. It all built up,’ the actress recalled to Variety.
Ware traced the animosity back to a moment when she was ‘goofing around’ during a scene, which Lea apparently took exception to.
‘I went and changed and he said ‘much better!’ The only person who acknowledged my humiliation & checked in on me was @Sammie_Ware,’ Levy tweeted on Thursday, along with Ware’s detailed interview with Variety (pictured in 2019)
Supportive: Levy’s praise of the singer, 28, comes after Ware gave a candid tell-all about the alleged ‘abuse’ she suffered on the set of Glee by the show’s star Lea Michele
‘She waited until the scene was over and she stopped in the middle of the stage and did a “come here” gesture, like how a mother does to their child.’
‘I said “no,” and that’s when she decided to threaten my job, and said she would call [show creator] Ryan Murphy in to come and fire me.’
When Ware later tried to defend herself to her co-star, ‘She told me to shut my mouth. She said I don’t deserve to have that job.’
Speaking up: Jane revealed ‘during a camera test a director yelled in front of the entire crew’ that her ‘breasts looked too small’ and ‘demanded’ she wear a padded bra (pictured on What/If in 2019)
‘She talked about how she has reign. And here’s the thing: I completely understood that, and I was ready to be like, “This is your show. I’m not here to be disrespectful.”‘
‘But at that point, we were already past the respect and she was just abusing her power.’
‘No one was stopping these things, which is an issue because the environment was helping perpetuate this abuse.’
Bullying: Over the past week, Michele has been on the receiving end of backlash over her alleged on-set behavior, ranging from claims of racial discrimination to other forms of unprovoked cruelty (seen in November)
Over the past week, Michele has been on the receiving end of backlash over her alleged on-set behavior, ranging from claims of racial discrimination to other forms of unprovoked cruelty.
But some friends and former co-workers of Michele’s told The Post on Saturday, that the 33-year-old Glee alum has ‘had a real wake-up call’ and wants to ‘responsibly’ right her wrongs.
‘She is listening, she hears what everyone says and wants to apologize. This is her past and she wants to handle things responsibly,’ claimed one insider.
Mean-spirited: One former co-worker of Lea’s did not deny that Michele was notoriously difficult to work with, but insisted she was never purposely discriminatory; pictured in 2019
They added: ‘It’s never easy to hear people speak about you this way. It’s a total shock.’
One former co-worker of Lea’s did not deny that Michele was notoriously difficult to work with, but insisted she was never purposely discriminatory.
‘She may not be the nicest person, but she’s not racist, sexist or transphobic. I would say she has behavioral issues that she’s dealing with,’ concluded the source.