Kevin Costner and Horizon producers sued by stunt performer over ‘violent unscripted’ rape scene

A stunt performer is suing Kevin Costner and the producers of his film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, alleging that she was made to perform in a “violent” unscripted rape scene without the required notice, consent or a mandatory intimacy coordinator present. Devyn LaBella was the lead stunt double for Ella Hunt, who plays Juliette in the Horizon films, a four-part western anthology written, directed by and starring Costner. Hunt refused to perform the new scene, the lawsuit alleges, and LaBella was summoned to set, without knowing that Hunt had declined and left. Singer said the scene had been explained to LaBella, and after a rehearsal, she had given a “thumbs up” to a stunt coordinator, indicating her consent. Costner has partly self-funded the first two Horizon films, putting up US$38m of the estimated US$100m budget.