Assassination of the character kind?

The Girl (2012)
This controversial film produced by HBO and BBC put the legendary Alfred Hitchcock in a bad light. It is the product of the interview of a down and out actress Tippi Hedren whom Hitchcock introduced in 'Bird' (1963).
Hitch's fascination with blondes continues after Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergmann and Kim Novak. In comes Tippi  Hedren a blonde with Nordic roots, a single mother, a model with a child. After an unpleasant encounter with Vera Miles who became pregnant during Hitchcock's earlier film, he is happy with her single status.
Tippi, on her side is smitten for having a chance to work with a director of his stature. He promises to elevate her career to that of Grace Kelly, who stopped acting after marrying Prince of Monaco.
Shooting of 'The Birds' commences (no pun intended). Slowly, Hitchcock starts controlling her dressing and even her make-up. We, the viewers, can see that Hitch is made to look like sexual predator, have long stares at Tippi whilst leaving to our imaginations of what actually goes through his mind!

BBC drama on Hitchcock attacked by former colleagues
Toby Jones (Hitchcock) and Sienna Miller (Tippi Hedren)
Both nominated in 2013 Golden Globe Award

He even tries to steal a kiss from her during one of their trips from the shooting scenes. To get back on her refusal, he insists on using live bird instead of the mechanised birds in crucial scenes of shooting of 'Birds'. He insists on repeated takes of the same scenes for days resulting in an exhausted and injured Tippi. Amidst this background, Tippi completes the film, albeit with some soul searching. Of course, the gifts and special treatment helped. This resiliency was the character admired by Hitch, that he casted her in his subsequent film, Marnie. Hitch's advances continues.
Mrs. Hitchcock (Alma) is fully aware of her husband's fascination with his heroines but decide to stay aloof and look the other way.

Tippi Hedren

Hitch starts stalking Tippi. Alma leaves Hitchcock temporarily. Hitch then started demanding sexual favours for bringing her to dizzying heights and even proposed that they should elope. Tippi completes her film and a leaves. She, however, does not get the chance to get into other films because of a clause in her contract that bars her from working with any other studio!
The film was received with mixed reviews, mainly because it was based on character assassination of a legend based on one person's interview of something left buried 60 years previously. Some are wondering whether it is just tears from a grieving star. On top of that, other Hitchcock's heroines like Doris Day (The Man who knew too much), Kim Novak (Vertigo) and Eve Marie Saint (North by Northwest) had nothing but praise and respect for this man. Anyway, Hitchcock is not around to defend himself. The actors (Toby Jones and Sienna Miller) in the film, however, did a excellent performance that they have been nominated for the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.