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Australian actor and producer Paul Leyden has dished the dirt on Hollywood actor John Cusack, saying that he was “one of my favourite actors until I met him… he was a real prima donna”.

Leyden claims that the ‘High Fidelity’ star was a "prima donna" on the Montreal set of ‘The Factory’, a horror film that Leyden co-wrote, and in which Cusack starred.

"John Cusack was one of my favourite actors until I met him," Leyden said during an Australian radio interview.

"I have to say one thing – and this is my favorite line when people ask me what I think of John Cusack – he plays nice guys on film. So, read between the lines."

When prompted by the radio interviewer to explain his claims, Leyden accused Cusack of often arriving "hours late" for work.

"He was getting paid a lot of cash, and he would just be two hours late to set, wouldn’t apologise for keeping everyone waiting in the snow… [he was] a real prima donna,” Leyden said.

"He cost us a lot of money and he was getting his biggest pay day on this film.”

He added, "Everyone thought he was [going to be] a really nice guy, and all I can say is that it was a really nice day when he wrapped."

Morgan O’Neill, the film’s director, had to deal with Cusack "every day", Leyden said, and as a result "he has some really juicy stories".

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