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Chris Rock Says Scott Rudin’s ‘Hard Coaching’ Made Him a Better Filmmaker: Some Creatives Don’t ‘Respond to a Hug’

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Chris Rock Says Scott Rudin’s ‘Hard Coaching’ Made Him a Better Filmmaker: Some Creatives Don’t ‘Respond to a Hug’
Sep 13, 2026 11:29am PT Chris Rock Says Scott Rudin’s ‘Hard Coaching’ Made Him a Better Filmmaker: Some Creatives Don’t ‘Respond to a Hug’

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Chris Rock believes that tough love from one of Hollywood’s most notorious, half-cancelled figures helped make him a better filmmaker.

Following a triumphant Toronto International Film Festival premiere for his latest directorial effort “Misty Green,” Rock sat for a keynote chat on Sunday to discuss his expansive career. The comedian told the crowd his chops were elevated by Scott Rudin, a former producing kingpin who disappeared after harrowing accounts of bullying, verbal abuse and being an “absolute monster” in a 2021 exposé.

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