US director Joss Whedon has denied allegations of misconduct on the sets of productions including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Justice League.
Actress Gal Gadot previously made claims about Whedon's behaviour on the set of Justice League.
Now, in an interview with New York magazine, Whedon has denied having "threatened" Gadot's career.
"I don't threaten people. Who does that?" he said.
Whedon claimed that the Israeli actress, who speaks fluent English, misunderstood him.
"English is not her first language, and I tend to be annoyingly flowery in my speech," continued the 57-year-old director.
He explained that he had a disagreement with Gadot, who played Wonder Woman in the movie, over a scene that she wanted to be cut from the final edit.
He said that he told her jokingly that if she wanted to get rid of it, she would have to tie him to a railroad track and do it over his dead body.
"Then I was told that I had said something about her dead body and tying her to the railroad track," he added.
In responses, Gadot told New York that she did not agree with Whedon’s version of events.
"I understood perfectly," she said.
Last February, a number of Buffy stars also accused Whedon of "toxic", "cruel" and "very not appropriate" behaviour.
Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia Chase on the hit show, claimed Whedon had "abused his power" and "created hostile and toxic work environments".
Carpenter posted messages on social media saying the show's creator had "abused his power on numerous occasions" while working on Buffy and spin-off Angel.
She claimed he had "a history of being casually cruel", such as with "ongoing" threats to fire her and calling her fat when she was pregnant, before "unceremoniously" firing her after she had given birth.
Whedon admitted to New York magazine he was "not mannerly" with Carpenter when she told him she was pregnant, but denied having ever called her fat.
"Most of my experiences with Charisma were delightful and charming," he said.
