Was there more drama behind the scenes of the insanely popular HBO series 'Big Little Lies' than there was on screen? Well, according to the show's star Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman there was "no controversy." A report in IndieWire suggested there was quite a bit of turmoil, with director Andrea Arnold's vision of the season being taken over by executive producer and first season director Jean-Marc Vallee, reported E! News. However, at HBO's session during 2019 Television Critics Association summer press tour, HBO's programming head, Casey Bloys, said there was no controversy. "There's a lot of misinformation around that subject," Bloys told the press, noting Arnold did a "beautiful job: on the second season and that "a director typically does not have final creative control."

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Witherspoon and Kidman, who also served as the executive producers praised Bloys' response to the report, suggesting that there was no drama. "In our minds, there is no controversy. We just love the show. We had such a great time doing it. There was a lot of misinformation and no credited sources on any of the information. This was an incredibly collaborative process for all of us and the idea that anyone was mistreated and not communicated with is completely not true," Witherspoon said. "I was glad that Casey spoke so clearly about that and we are thrilled with the collaboration that yielded this season. It could have never been this show had it not been with these particular artists collaborating on this particular material," the Oscar-winning actor added.