Is Adam Driver probably the most divisive man in Hollywood?

Adam Driver left his followers shocked when he had a fierce outburst throughout a latest Q&A for his upcoming film Ferrari, which noticed him cursing out an viewers member after they referred to as the crash scenes within the film ‘tacky.’ 

‘F**ok you,’ the actor raged on the fan, earlier than bluntly including, ‘Next query.’

It seems, this is not the primary time that the Star Wars alum, 39, has raised eyebrows. In reality, he has discovered himself within the scorching seat quite a few occasions because of his disdain for consideration – and his hatred for watching himself on display.

The film star has been very open about how he’s extraordinarily uncomfortable with seeing clips of his performances as a result of all he can deal with is his ‘errors’ and the issues he needs to ‘change’ – and he as soon as bought so livid when an interviewer tried to play part of his Netflix film Marriage Story for the viewers that he stormed out of the looks halfway and refused to come back again.

Adam has additionally spoken out about his wrestle to regulate to the immense fame that got here with portraying villain Kylo Ren within the third Star Wars trilogy, as soon as stating that the fixed consideration makes him ‘self acutely aware’ and makes it arduous for him to do his ‘job.’

In addition, he did not have the nicest issues to say after he attended Comic Con, calling the expertise ‘scary’ and vowing to by no means attend the occasion once more after so many followers confirmed up outdoors of his lodge that he wasn’t allowed to go away.

The former Girls star has additionally earned a murky fame for his habits on set, after his The Man Who Killed Don Quixote co-star Lidia Franco branded him as ‘impolite.’

She slammed Adam throughout an look on a Portuguese podcast, and whereas she has claimed that the interpretation of the interview into English misconstrued a few of her statements, she nonetheless did not have the nicest issues to say about working with Adam.

As the actor faces backlash over his latest blow-up, FEMAIL went forward and rounded up all the opposite scandals and controversies that he is had over time.

From the destructive issues that he is stated about being within the highlight to his abrupt exit from an interview after they tried to play considered one of his scenes, have a look again at the entire occasions Adam’s mood has gotten the perfect of him.

Cursing out a fan: Adam stated ‘f**ok you’ to an viewers member after they referred to as scenes of his new film Ferrari ‘tacky’ throughout a latest Q&A

Adam left many individuals shocked when he cursed out a fan throughout a latest Q&A for his upcoming film, Ferrari.

During the Camerimage Film Festival in Poland on Sunday, an viewers member requested the actor why the crash scenes within the new movie seemed so ‘tacky,’ and it sparked a fierce response from him.

‘What do you concentrate on [the] crash scenes? They seemed fairly harsh, drastic and, I need to say, tacky for me. What do you suppose?’ they requested.

Adam then bluntly instructed the fan, ‘F**ok you, I do not know. Next query.’ 

An attendee of the competition instructed DailyMail.com afterwards that Adam appeared ‘bored and impolite’ all through your entire occasion, and that he disappeared straight after the interview ended, ‘ghosting’ all of the followers that have been ready for him outdoors.

Refusing to observe his personal scenes: Adam stormed out of an interview after the host tried to play a clip from his film – and he is been outspoken about how seeing himself on display makes him really feel sick

Back in 2019, Adam stormed out of a radio interview halfway after the host tried to play a clip of him from his movie Marriage Story.

The Star Wars alum has lengthy been open about the truth that he despises watching himself carry out – so when he sat down with Terry Gross for an look on NPR’s Fresh Air in December 2019 to advertise the Netflix film and the radio host began to play a section of it for the viewers, the star walked out abruptly.

Executive producer Danny Miller instructed Daily Beast afterwards that Terry inspired Adam to take his headphones out earlier than taking part in the scene, however as quickly because it began, Adam bought up, left the studio, and by no means returned.

‘We don’t actually perceive why he left. We have been wanting ahead to the interview – Terry thinks he is a terrific actor, he was an ideal visitor when he was on [Fresh Air] in 2015 – so we have been disillusioned that we didn’t have a brand new interview to share with our listeners about Marriage Story,’ Danny stated to the outlet by way of e mail.

Adam has spoken about his hatred for watching himself on display quite a few occasions prior to now.

In 2019, he instructed the New Yorker that he felt sick to his abdomen when he needed to re-watch himself on display as Kylo Ren on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiere, particularly when it got here to the dramatic half that exhibits his character killing Harrison Ford’s Han Solo. 

‘I simply went completely chilly as a result of I knew the scene was arising the place I needed to kill Han Solo,’ he recalled.

‘People have been like hyperventilating when the title got here up, and I felt like I needed to puke.’

He opened up about it additional throughout an look on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio present, and he defined that his fears of watching himself carry out started when he noticed the pilot episode of the HBO present Girls in 2012.

‘I noticed all of the errors, the issues that I needed I might change, however I couldn’t as a result of it’s everlasting,’ he defined.

‘I got here from a theater background, the place you don’t get to see it … [Watching myself on screen], I’d need to make [my performance] higher or excellent, and that’s a lure.’

He additionally instructed Fresh Prince throughout a earlier interview, ‘I’ve watched myself or listened to myself earlier than, then all the time hate it and want I might change it, however you may’t. 

‘And I believe I’ve, like, an inclination to attempt to make issues higher or drive myself and the opposite individuals round me loopy with the issues I needed to alter or I want I might change.’

Struggling with the immense fame: The actor has spoken negatively of all the eye he obtained over Star Wars, and referred to as Comic Con ‘scary’ after getting confined to his lodge room

Adam has been open about battling the immense quantity of fame that got here with starring as the principle villain within the third trilogy of the Star Wars franchise.

While reflecting on his reputation to The Guardian in 2017, he admitted that he by no means needed consideration – and stated it feels ‘counterintuitive to his job.’

‘That’s not what I used to be after after I began to be an actor,’ he stated of fame. ‘I do know individuals suppose that when you’re an actor, it’s your aim to be well-known and rich. 

‘There are nice issues about that a part of it – it frees you as much as do different issues. But a part of my job is being nameless and I believe with the ability to reside, to look at greater than to be noticed, is vital.

‘[The attention] appears counterintuitive to my job. It’s a bizarre dynamic if you stroll right into a room and there’s a picture individuals challenge on to you.’

But he added, ‘My issues in contrast with world points, or anyone else’s, are very small.’

He additionally admitted to Vulture about his Star Wars success, ‘I used to be conscious that extra individuals would see [the movie] than see most issues I do, however I don’t suppose I might have anticipated how typically I’d get acknowledged as a result of it’s so completely different for each particular person. I’m very tall and I look a sure manner. I can’t mix right into a crowd.’

In addition, he instructed Vice in 2016 that individuals ‘ him’ makes him really feel ‘self acutely aware.’

‘It’s a part of my job – as contentious because it sounds – to be invisible, to be a spy, to look at, reside life, have failures, get issues flawed, to have experiences,’ he stated. 

‘When persons are immediately you, you may’t assist however change into self-conscious, and you must battle to be in your personal world. Then you are additionally not taking on the earth round you. It’s difficult.’

The actor additionally spoke negatively about Comic Con in 2021, calling it a ‘scary’ expertise and vowing to by no means be part of the conference once more.

He stated on BBC’s The Graham Norton Show that he was confined to his lodge room earlier than and after the occasion as a result of there was so many followers outdoors of his lodge, which left him feeling extraordinarily on edge.

‘I didn’t know the principles of Comic-Con. I bought in on the lodge at two within the morning… and I’m like, “Maybe tomorrow I’ll go get a coffee,”‘ he recalled.

‘And they’re like, “Oh no, you can’t get a coffee.” I’m like, “Well, maybe I’ll get a coffee in the hotel.” They’re like, “No, you can’t get a coffee in the hotel.”

‘They’re like, “If you want to go outside, put a mask on so nobody knows who you are.

‘I opened my window, because I’d been in the room for 24 hours before this thing we were supposed to do and then there was a band at the bottom of the building playing the Star Wars theme on repeat, because [the cast] were all staying in the hotel.

‘It was scary… I saw what it was. I mean, it’s nice. [But] I’m not anxious to go again.’

Co-star called him ‘rude’ and accused him of being ‘demanding’ on set: Portuguese actress Lidia Franco said she had a ‘bad experience’ with Adam when they filmed The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Back in 2021, Portuguese actress Lídia, who starred in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote with Adam, slammed the actor during an appearance on the Era o que Faltava podcast.

She reportedly called him ‘demanding’ on set and even accused him of ‘assaulting’ her with a ‘chair.’ 

Her interview was in Portuguese and translated to English on Reddit – and while she later claimed that her comments were misconstrued due to the language barrier, she did say that she felt Adam was ‘rude’ to her while making the movie.

‘I [had] a very bad experience because of Adam Driver. He is a very bad person,’ the translation of the original interview read. ‘He behaved very badly with me physically. He attacked me.’

She allegedly claimed that none of extras were allowed to ‘look at him’ on set, and that they would be ‘immediately fired’ if they made eye contact with Adam.

After the Reddit post of the alleged translation went viral, the production company behind the film spoke out and called it a ‘misunderstanding.’

‘Large international projects with a cast of various nationalities and with different dynamics of star systems can lead to misunderstandings or misinterpretations by both sides,’ it said in a statement. 

‘During the shooting in Portugal, there were no dismissals or insults to the extras, only the request was made for them not to take pictures or interfere with the work of the American actor [Adam].

‘The only drawback to disturb the course of the recordings was the presence of some tourists who were at the shooting site.

‘As we were facing a personality known to the general public, the immediate reaction was to take photographs of the actor, an action obviously intercepted by the production, in order to continue with the smooth running of the filming.’

Afterwards, Lídia herself addressed the rumors, and while she said she did ‘consider Adam’s behavior to be rude,’ she insisted that she ‘wasn’t assaulted’ by him and that her statements had been mistranslated.

‘Our characters in the movie The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, had to be physically close,’ she told NiT.

‘I considered the actor’s behavior to be rude because, in the preparation of a scene, he didn’t take the care I believe he should have taken. 

‘Every time he stood up with the force of the character to do the rest of the scene, the chair in which he was sitting would bump into me with some force, which bothered me.

‘But it wasn’t assault, nor did I ever feel or report that it was the intention of the actor. I am sorry for the misunderstanding.’

‘Canceled’ online: #AdamDriverIsOverParty trended on Twitter in 2020 after Adam was accused of Islamophobia for joining the Marines following the 9/11 attacks

In April 2020, #AdamDriverIsOverParty trended on X, formerly known as Twitter, after Adam was accused of Islamophobia.

At the time, people were attempting to cancel the movie star for joining the Marines following the terrorist attacks against the Twin Towers on September 11.

Some claimed that his decision to enlist after the tragic event meant he was prejudiced against Muslims, but the actor insisted to the New Yorker, ‘[My decision] wasn’t against Muslims.

‘It was: We were attacked. I want to fight for my country against whoever that is.’

Adam served for nearly three years before he was medically discharged due to a dislocated sternum. 

The hashtag trended for a few hours before it eventually faded, and many people were quick to come to his defense amid the drama.