Alfred Hitchcock Assaulted Actresses and Played Sadistic Pranks
Another director who would have been put on the chopping block if he was alive during the #MeToo Movement is Alfred Hitchcock. During the filming of his film The Birds, he literally threw live birds at Tippi Hedrin’s face, and this caused them to actually attack her. This went on for up to 8 hours a day, and she still has scars to this day.
While she was on set during their second movie together, Marnie, Hitchcock assaulted Tippi in her trailer. He threatened to ruin her career if she did not meet his demands. Later, he sent Tippi’s daughter, Melanie Griffith, a lifelike doll of her mother dead in a coffin when she was just 8 years old. Aside from his obsession with Tippi, he was generally an asshole to the actors that worked with him. He played cruel and sadistic pranks on people.
