From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

So when JJ called, I was knocked back.

You know, it was really, I was just, it was so surreal and cool and fun and exciting,

but it took me a minute to really get, like, wait, you want what?

Victoria Mahoney literally went through homelessness to direct a small independent feature in 2011

and then became a successful TV director. She wanted to make more movies, sure,

but she certainly wasn't expecting the offer that came her way when she got a call from

Star Wars director, J.J. Abrams. As the second unit director on the rise of Skywalker,

Victoria Mahoney, made history, the first woman and the first person of color to direct in the

Star Wars movie universe. But first, some buddies help me out with banter. Stay tuned. It's the

business from KCRW.

I'm Matt Bellany, filling in for Kim Masters on the banter this week, and I'm joined by my buddy in banter, Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg. Hi, Lucas.

Hey, Matt.

So this past week, we at the Hollard Reporter reporter published a story by our absent colleague Kim Masters

and another reporter, Bryn Sandberg, about a situation that took place on a Showtime series

called The Affair, which wrapped up earlier this year. And an actress on that show,

Ruth Wilson, left it abruptly and never said why. So we took a look at why. And it revealed this

saga of what this actress and a number of others on set claimed were some inappropriate

actions by the showrunner, Sarah Treem and a director on the show, Jeffrey Reiner, who were said to have pressured her into performing

nude scenes. And at one point, there was a graphic photo of some nude actors that was shared

with others outside the set. And just generally what one source called a toxic environment

on this show, The Affair.

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