A lot of the context is offered by Armie’s 62-year-old aunt, Casey Hammer, who can be a guide on the collection. Her self-published 2015 memoir Surviving My Birthright caught the eye of filmmakers Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs after it went viral on TikTok.
“I felt just like the universe was giving me a platform with Armie’s implosion,” Hammer tells The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. “I knew I might both give the press a soundbite, which is what they wished, or I might correctly inform the story.
“In the end, I wished to be an advocate for victims.”
The alleged victims present probably the most stunning moments in Home of Hammer, none extra so than Hammer’s ex-girlfriend Courtney Vucekovich; at one level, she recollects he requested to “break my rib and barbecue and eat it.”
Nevertheless, it’s unattainable to disregard that Effie, the poster behind the Instagram account and arguably the highest-profile alleged sufferer of Hammer, refused to be concerned, telling the LA Occasions the collection was “exploitative.”
“Whoever wished to take part was invited to, and for those who didn’t wish to, that was tremendous too; I don’t know what Effie goes by way of,” says Hammer.
“It’s onerous with social media to be public about it, the haters find yourself deciding your destiny, so I perceive Effie’s hesitation to proceed being concerned.”
Hammer’s involvement was pushed by a want to highlight the chequered historical past of her household which features a historical past of management, extra and cover-ups.
“We had been the perfect household on the surface, wealthy and profitable; it was good, however beneath the floor, it was a nightmare, like Succession however worse,” she says.
“In my household, the boys mattered and the ladies didn’t. They had been disposable and, primarily based on the expertise of how the boys handled ladies in my household, I wasn’t shocked by the allegations towards Armie.”
Throughout the three episodes, there are examples of Armie Hammer’s supposed urge for food for management. It’s alleged at one level that he carved his initials into considered one of his victims to see how it might look. And that is the kind of twisted experiment Casey Hammer says she suffered by the hands of her father, Julian.
“I used to be 11 years previous and needed to maintain a cellphone e book whereas my father shot at it to see if the bullet would undergo,” Hammer says. “That was my regular.”
Armie’s aunt grew to become estranged from the Hammer household after being largely ignored in her grandfather’s multimillion-dollar will in 1990, which was reported to be price about $US800 million ($A1.25 billion). Regardless of being near the younger star rising up, she hasn’t seen Armie in a while.
“The final time I noticed Armie was 15 years in the past when my mom handed away. She was the glue and, up till that second, we had been all in contact,” she says.
“Armie additionally introduced alongside Elizabeth Chalmers, who at that time was his fiancée.”
The couple separated in mid-2020, six months earlier than the primary allegations had been made. Chalmers has since admitted to watching Home of Hammer, calling it “heartbreaking on so many ranges and really painful.”
“I’m sorry that Elizabeth has to undergo this; it’s so onerous to exist on this household,” Hammer says.
Present is about one of the best Armie Hammer can hope for proper now, with The Social Community star reportedly promoting timeshares within the Cayman Islands to make ends meet.
Regardless of the seriousness of the allegations towards her nephew, Hammer maintains hope that he can rehabilitate.
“I hope Armie can heal,” she says. “However he must be held accountable and acknowledge what he has completed and takes steps to make amends with the folks he harmed.”
Home of Hammer is streaming now on Binge.