Olivia Munn reflected on “traumatic” events that happened on a former movie set.
In the Feb. 18 episode of Monica Lewinsky’s podcast Reclaiming, the Newsroom actress shared that while filming a movie, which she did not specify, Munn, 44, had “traumatic” experiences that led to her reporting issues to the movie studio.
“I had to file complaints with the studio, and there’s a lot of other little things that go along with it, but it got to this place where I was offered a lot of money,” Munn told Lewinsky. “Seven figures to accept, I guess, their apology and them taking acknowledgement of it. But it came along with an NDA.”
Munn says she never considered discussing publicly what took place on set as she “just wanted to move past it all.” Still, she did not want to sign the non-disclosure agreement.
The actress noted these events took place during the resurgence of the “Me Too” movement, which gained momentum in 2017 after numerous sexual abuse allegations were made against film producer Harvey Weinstein. It peaked when actress Alyssa Milano posted a call-to-action on Twitter for women to share their stories of sexual harassment and assault with the tag “Me Too.”
“This was like the reckoning, the Harvey Weinstein reckoning that began it all. This was that time period, and this was when people were targeting anyone who signed an NDA saying, ‘Oh, you only did it for the money.’ So I was afraid that my voice and speaking up would just reverse any kind of validity to my voice,” Munn said.
Munn was even concerned the studio would “leak” the fact she signed an NDA to “diminish” her actions. While she did take a meeting with lawyers, the actress said she quickly decided she would not go through with a settlement.
“That comes into the feistiness of not thinking things through and being so upset and frustrated that this would be the offer to me. I did not think about negotiating. I did not think about anything besides how disrespectful that was,” she told Lewinsky, adding that she adamantly told her lawyer she wanted to be the one to say she was turning the hefty settlement down.
Munn said a standout moment in the discussion was when one legal representative emphasized in a “disrespectful” way that the actress was being offered “a lot of money.” To that, she replied: “I know this is a lot of money to you, but it is not a lot of money to me to raise my voice.”
Walking out of the meeting, Munn remembered feeling “so proud” of her choice.
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Munn’s projects around the time of the Me Too movement included 2018’s The Predator.
PEOPLE has reached out to Munn for further comment.
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