“He called all of his New York City cops and said extortion, which was a federal crime.
Very smart to bring that up.”
A representative for the film later confirmed Levinson’s account to EW.
Representatives for Giuliani did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
“That’s always out first,” Levinson said.
“We would hide tapes in our pants.
There’s always ways to see to it we got out the data.”
“We actually had to rent new equipment,” Levinson said.
“We ended up confabbing with our lawyers,” Levinson said.
“I called the production team and said, ‘Let’s get everyone to New Jersey tonight.’
It was 11 o’clock at night.
But nevertheless, the eyebrow-raising scene soon went viral.
“I’m talking, of course, about Rudy Giuliani.
I mean, who could get more laughs out of one unzipping?”