Julia Fox went on her TikTok to announce that she just quit a movie because the director was “racist.” The “Uncut Gems” actress added that she'll "probably out" the culprit soon.
So I’ve been attached to a project for five years. I’ve given creative contributions to it, emotional contributions to it, it was like my baby. I even brought on like, a major, major A-list icon to play alongside me and everything was going great until this white man director came in.
On a recent phone call with this mysterious filmmaker, Fox said that he had made several “racist” and “misogynist” statements, mostly having to do with her insistence that he cast black people in the lead cast.
“I had mentioned [to him] that I really thought it was important to have diversity in our lead cast,” she says, recalling their conversation. “He said, ‘Why? White people have it really hard too. And plus, diversity casting is like using Black people as puppets.’ Meanwhile, we’re actors, we’re all f—ing puppets, what are you talking about?” According to Fox, the director responded.
White people don’t have a duty to cast Black people because so many Black projects happen and Asian projects and nobody gets mad that there’s no white people in the cast. He said ‘Turn on Netflix, turn on any streamer, it’s all Black projects. Go to India, all the movies in India have all Indian people, nobody gets mad that they don’t have diversity.’
Fox says that when she told the director that white people "have been the default" until very recently, he replied, “‘What are you talking about? Wake up, we are in 2024—this isn’t 2005 or something.’”
It was giving Proud Boy, it was giving ‘All Lives Matter,’ it was giving white supremacy, and at that point I was done arguing. And I said ‘You know what, I can’t work with you, I’m done. I'm pulling out of this project. Good luck.
Fox goes on to say that she'll "probably out" the director "at some point”. However, she has decided to reveal clues about his identity, no doubt to further incite rumors:
“His movies suck!”
“He said he’s had a hard time [in Hollywood], he’s probably had a hard time because of his shitty fucking personality.”
“He’s very docile and sweet, seemingly.”
It is not Sam Levinson
He has made two movies
He is an actor who pivoted when gigs stopped rolling in
Fox is said to have been shepherding this project for close to five years. It might very well be “Upper Cut,” which is supposed to tackle famous Hollywood hairdresser Carrie White. Last we heard, three years ago, there was no director attached to that project.
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