The fall of Armie Hammer is a tale rich with both shock and intrigue. Overnight, the once-beloved actor was brought down by a series of damning accusations. Sexual assault. Cannibalism. Abuse, both physical and emotional. All this and more are set to be explored in Discovery+โs documentary series: House of Hammer.
Featuring ex-girlfriends, alleged victims, and family members, as well as never-before-seen messages and voice messages from the man himself, the upcoming three-part affair paints an extremely disturbing picture of yet another disgraced Hollywood figure.
โI have a fantasy about having someone prove their love and devotion and tying them up in a public place at night and making their body free use and seeing if they would fuck strangers for me.โ
Armie Hammer, Instagram Message
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โThe ropes were around your neck, your wrists, your anklesโฆ and youโre like, completely immobilised,โ revealed a tearful Courtney Vucekovich, ex-girlfriend to Hammer.
โIโm just closing my eyes until it ended.โ
But as the Call Me By Your Name starโs aunt Casey Hammer explains, you just donโt wake up and decide to becomeโฆ this. Itโs deeply rooted in something, somewhere, somehow. Like, say, learning from the equally terrible behaviour of the very people who raised you.
โOn the outside, we were a perfect family,โ said Casey Hammer.
โBut magnify Succession a million times and it was my family.โ
โIf you believe in making deals with the devil, the Hammers are at the top of the totem pole.โ
As some of you may be aware, Armie Hammer โ real name: Armand Douglas Hammer โ is the son of business Michael Armand Hammer and great-grandson of oil tycoon Armand Hammer. And suffice it to say, when it comes to navigating the well-defined lines of morality, itโs clear who influenced young Armie.
Casey Hammer adds: โEvery generation of my family has been involved in dark misdeeds. And it just gets worse, and worse, and worse.โ
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โThe accusations of rape and abuse brought against Armie Hammer in the last few years are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Hammer family,โ Discoveryโs Jason Sarlanis said in a statement.
โWith House of Hammer, we witness truly disturbing details and sinister secrets that money and power couldnโt hide forever.โ
โThis documentary provides an important platform for the incredibly courageous women who came forward to share their stories, and we hope their courage inspires others to continue meaningful conversations around abuse in our society.โ
Over in the US, House of Hammer hits Discovery+ on September 2nd, while here in Australia, itโs slated to premiere via Foxtelโs ID channel on October 8th at 9:30 PM [AEDT] (meaning we can probably expect it on Foxtel GO and Binge around the same time) โ check out the first trailer above.
