Anna Paquin shoots down rumours she was ordered to take role in The Irishman

Anna Paquin has stepped in to settle rumours she was "ordered" to take a role in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

The True Blood actress made headlines after it was revealed her character in the mob drama has only six words of dialogue, with film commentators claiming she was forced to be a part of the film. However, the 37-year-old has set the record straight by sharing and responding to a tweet from writer Sasha Stone.

"The idea that Scorsese ordered Anna Paquin to be in his movie is hilarious," Stone wrote on the social media site. "Guys, I hate to break it to you but it doesn't work that way. Here is how it works: 'here is a part in the new Scorsese movie that's pretty important but there's not a lot of--' 'I'LL TAKE IT!.'"

Anna then quoted the tweet and issued her own response.

"Nope, nobody was doing any 'ordering'. I auditioned for the privilege of joining the incredible cast of @TheIrishmanFilm and I'm incredibly proud to get to be a part of this film," Paquin posted.

Paquin stars as Peggy Sheeran, the daughter of Robert De Niro's criminal character Frank Sheeran, in the epic.

Scorsese previously responded to chatter surrounding the character, who is one of few women in the production, noting he believes she communicates a great deal without dialogue.

"I kept asking (screenwriter) Steve Zaillian if we can layer her in the story," he said during a Directors Guild event last month. "I decided that she doesn't have to say anything. You see your father do something like that, I'm sorry. ... You see him crush the guy's hand like that, other kids maybe, but this kid couldn't take it. She looks at him. She knows he's up to something... Anna ultimately was amazing in the looks."