By Cheyenne Roundtree. Director Cary Fukunaga, though, hung back and began to take photos of two actresses. Taking pictures of the young women, he egged them on while they posed suggestively, bent against a wall and kneeling on the ground. To the two production sources who watched the minute interaction unfold, Fukunaga crossed a professional line, using his position in ways that felt uncomfortable to those looking on.
Each of these sources requested anonymity, citing fear of harming their careers and breaching NDAs. Sources who worked with the director on various films, TV series, and commercials over the past six years describe Fukunaga as using his sets as an opportunity to meet younger women and openly pursue multiple female cast and crew members at once during production.
Another source alleges he sidelined her for a job opportunity, asking her out instead. Fukunaga denies the claim. Those who did end up having a romantic relationship or even a friendship with Fukunaga claim they ultimately walked away feeling confused, gaslighted, or manipulated.
Actress Rachelle Vinberg claimed earlier this month in a lengthy Instagram story that she was diagnosed with PTSD from her friendship that eventually turned sexual with Fukunaga, whom she met in on a Samsung-commercial set the day after she turned Beware women. He made me feel so claustrophobic and suffocating. When asked about allegations of pursuing romantic relationships with multiple young women on his sets, Fukunaga did not respond.
A few hours later, Vinberg named Fukunaga, sharing a handful of texts and Instagram DMs on the platform that she claimed were from the director. The pair hung out multiple times, according to photos Vinberg posted, and when in the company of others, the actress claimed in her post that Fukunaga asked her to pretend that she was his relative.
