Michael Rocha's role was to manage Faye Dunaway's schedules and travel, as well as ensuring that the actress followed her medical treatments. However, Rocha alleges that Dunaway was constantly insulting him and other members of the team, calling them "little gays." In late July Dunaway was fired from her after she allegedly "slapped and threw things at various team members who were trying to put a wig on her".
As reported by Advocate, Michael Rocha sent a message to the management of the show in reference to this situation: "she thinks that I am her servant 24/7 of hers and she has scolded me for [...] not scrubbing her dishes". "I've been working for her 14 days straight and I'm still having a hard time getting her to rehearsals on time." These messages have been included in the lawsuit, on which Dunaway's lawyer has not yet ruled.
The end of an era
Faye Dunaway is an American actress who was especially relevant during the sixties and seventies, the era of New Hollywood. She's worked with the likes of Roman Polanski, Warren Beatty and Robert Redford. In 1977 Dunaway won the Oscar for best actress for the film 'Network, an unforgiving world'. Other works by the actress have been 'Chinatown', 'Bonnie and Clyde', 'The Colossus on Fire' and 'The Three Days of the Condor'.
In the nineties and two thousand she participated in the first adaptation of the novel 'The Handmaid's Tale' and in 'The Rules of the Game' by Roger Avary. During the last few years she has been a bit more on the fringes of show business, shooting mainly independent films. In 2017, she starred in the famous Oscar episode in which, due to a mix-up with the envelopes, the actress mistakenly gave the Best Picture Oscar to 'Star City: La La Land' when she was for 'Moonlight'.
