Amy Adams came to the defense of her stand-in after the actress's double was physically mistreated on the set of her HBO show.
Adams stars in and produces Sharp Objects, a series about a troubled female news reporter, which airs on July 8.
In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, Adams, recalled an incident on set when she was mistaken for her stand-in, whom she calls "Reb."
Because of the nature of the title role, Camille, Reb needs to be covered in prosthetic scars as she subs in for Adams on-screen.
Adams said that at one point, "somebody" grabbed her really hard, thinking she was Reb, at which point Adams fought back.
"You will not handle her like that," Adams told the individual. Adams added that Reb was not treated with the same respect she has been shown during her Hollywood tenure.
"She was fantastic, and she also put up with a lot 'cause she wasn't getting the sort of catharsis from the performance and she wasn't treated the same way I'm treated," Adams said in the interview.
"And I've never experienced this before but, because we looked so much alike, at one point somebody grabbed me really hard and pulled me. I went, 'What's going on?' And they're like '(Gasp) You're not Reb!' I went into producer [mode] and I was like, 'You will not handle her like that.'"
In the interview, Adams also refused to be a spokeswoman for the gender pay gap in Hollywood, because she wants to become better educated on pay disparity in industries other than entertainment.
"I know what my truth is, I know what I fight for and the things I let go of based on them saying, 'Take it or leave it.'"
Her comments contrast an essay by Jennifer Lawrence which outlined the differences in pay given to male and female leads.
"As much as I love Jennifer Lawrence, she doesn't need me to be her voice. She has her own voice," Adams said. "And if I'm going to use my voice to talk about pay discrepancy, it's going to be for women who don't have the same platform as me."
Twitter applause ensued after the interview was published.
You can watch the full interview here: