Washington, July 2 -- Actor Olivia Munn has alleged that a male director she worked with on HBO's 'The Newsroom' attempted to derail her career following creative differences on set.

According to Variety, in an interview, Munn claimed that the director later characterised her as "combative" in conversations with a movie studio, which she believes was a deliberate effort to damage her professional prospects.

The incident, according to Munn, stemmed from disagreements over how to portray a romantic subplot between her character and that of co-star Thomas Sadoski.

Munn said the director repeatedly urged her to perform actions that didn't align with her character's motivations in the given scenes.

"There was a storyline where our characte...