Adam Driver On Lena Dunham Memoir Claims: “I’m Saving It All For My Book” – Cannes
Adam Driver responded to claims made about him in Lena Dunham's memoir Famesick during a press conference at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, declining to comment and stating he is saving his side for his own book. Dunham described intense on-set moments with Driver during their time on the HBO series Girls, including an incident where he allegedly threw a chair. Driver's film Paper Tiger premiered at Cannes to a ten-minute standing ovation and was acquired by Neon for U.S. distribution.
- ▪Lena Dunham's memoir Famesick alleges that Adam Driver was verbally aggressive and threw a chair during filming of Girls.
- ▪Adam Driver refused to comment on the allegations at a Cannes press conference, saying he is saving his account for his own book.
- ▪Paper Tiger, Driver's new film directed by James Gray, received a ten-minute standing ovation at Cannes and was acquired by Neon for U.S. release.
- ▪The memoir describes a tense moment during a sex scene on Girls where Dunham felt she lost directorial control due to Driver's actions.
- ▪Paper Tiger marks James Gray's sixth world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 17: (L-R) Miles Teller, James Gray and Adam Driver pose during the "Paper Tiger" photocall at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2026 in Cannes, France. Kate Green/Getty Image) Adam Driver was asked at the Cannes press conference for Paper Tiger about the acerbic claims made about him by Lena Dunham in her latest memoir Famesick, and well, he shut it down. “I have no comment on any of that. I’m saving it all for my book,” said the 2x Oscar nominee. In the book by the Girls creator and star, Dunham writes that Driver was “verbally aggressive” and “hurled a chair at the wall next to me.” The two played lovers on the award-winning HBO series, Driver’s character being quite the abusive boyfriend at times.
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