Unscripted ‘Horizon 2’ Rape Scene Scared Youngster Actors, Made Set ‘Uncomfortable’

Kevin Costner is being sued by a stunt performer over a unscripted rape scene in his anthology collection “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2” … and it appears the second additionally took its toll on the movie’s little one actors.

This is the deal … Devyn LaBella filed the lawsuit this week towards Costner and the movie’s manufacturing firms after she says she was “the sufferer of a violent unscripted, unscheduled rape scene” directed by Costner on Could 2, 2023, in accordance with authorized docs we obtained.

A manufacturing supply with direct data tells TMZ … Whereas they can not converse to the lawsuit allegations, they did know that the rape scene was filmed inside earshot of kid actors … and neither they nor their grownup counterparts got any heads up in regards to the loud, specific second.

And since that they had zero warning, the youngsters had been scared and upset after they out of the blue heard a lady screaming bloody homicide — and adults round them reassured all was nicely … despite the fact that nobody knew what was taking place!

LaBella — whose different credit embrace “Barbie” and “American Horror Story” — says she skilled no points on set prior and even filmed a scheduled and rehearsed sexual assault scene on Could 1 … which is why she was shocked to walk on to set the next day studying she could be topic to capturing one other specific scene.

We hear there have been whispers on set the subsequent day that it was an “uncomfortable” night time for actors concerned within the unscripted scene — however for probably the most half, no matter occurred was very “hush hush.”

LaBella claims there was no contractually mandated intimacy coordinator current on set for the unscripted assault. And the swimsuit accuses Costner and the related manufacturing firms of performing “with malice, fraud, oppression, and in reckless disregard” of her rights.

Costner’s legal professional Marty Singer beforehand advised TMZ the lawsuit has “completely no benefit” and claims LaBella is a “serial accuser of individuals within the leisure business” … and provides Costner “all the time needs to be sure that everyone seems to be comfy engaged on his movies and takes security on set very critically.”

Our supply agrees, largely … Kevin is a professional and was great, particularly to the child actors – save for this occasion of no warning for such a graphic second, which was a severe lapse in protocol at worst, disrespectful at greatest.