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John Lithgow was left shaking after performing a sexual harassment scene with Margot Robbie in Bombshell, and he says she was the same. Credit: Supplied

We were equally disturbed by what we were portraying, and it is obviously a very uncomfortable scene, Robbie said during an interview in Los Angeles.

John Lithgow was left shaking after performing a sexual harassment scene with Margot Robbie in Bombshell, and he says she was the same. Credit: TheWest

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The film's director, Jay Roach, and screenwriter, Charles Randolph, said 74-year-old Lithgow, known as one of the kindest and sweetest actors in Hollywood, was physically shaking after the scene.

Charlize Theron, also nominated for an Oscar, is former FOX News star Megyn Kelly and Nicole Kidman is the news channel's former anchor, Gretchen Carlson.

Lithgow plays Roger Ailes, the former Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush consultant installed by media mogul Rupert Murdoch to run the FOX News channel.

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Ailes, accused of workplace sexual harassment by multiple women over decades, including Carlson and Kelly, was forced to resign in 2016 and received a $US40 million payout.

I didn't know the ins and outs of the events at all, but I was captivated by this script, Robbie, 29, said.

Charles and Jay made the choice to say to the audience, 'No, you're going to sit in this room, and you're going to have this uncomfortable experience with her, and it's going to go on for minutes and even after it's happened, we're still going to stay here for another three minutes', Robbie said.

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You know, the door would close and the audience would think, 'Okay, I know what happened, but get me away. Let's go into the next scene'.

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You know, the door would close and the audience would think, 'Okay, I know what happened, but get me away. Let's go into the next scene'.

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