Anna Paquin Responds to Speculation That She Was Ordered to Take Role in 'The Irishman'

Anna Paquin made headlines in the past few days when it was revealed her role in The Irishman only has six words of dialogue to say.

Soon, a rumor began circulating that Anna was “ordered” to take on the role. The 42-year-old actress responded to these allegations.

Writer Sasha Stone tweeted, “The idea that Scorsese ordered Anna Paquin to be in his movie is hilarious. Guys, I hate to break it to you but it doesn’t work that way. Here is how it works: ‘here is a part in the new Scorsese movie that’s pretty important but there’s not a lot of—-’ ‘I’LL TAKE IT!.’”

Anna then quote tweeted that tweet and issued her own personal response.