Dustin Hoffman has apologized after a woman claimed the Hollywood legend sexually harassed her and pawed at her rear when she was 17-years-old while on the set of the 1985 TV film Death of a Salesman.

Anna Graham Hunter kept a journal of her time working with the film's various stars as a production assistant. She detailed her interactions over the five weeks she worked alongside Hoffman, which she says became inappropriate when he first asked her for a foot rub- she admits to acquiescing.

Hunter, who tells her story as a contributing columnist for the Hollywood Reporter, says at first she loved the attention from the actor, until things took a darker turn.

'He was openly flirtatious, he grabbed my a**, he talked about sex to me and in front of me. One morning I went to his dressing room to take his breakfast order; he looked at me and grinned, taking his time,' she said.

'Then he said, ''I'll have a hard-boiled egg … and a soft-boiled clitoris.'' His entourage burst out laughing. I left, speechless. Then I went to the bathroom and cried.'

Upon being contacted for the story by the Hollywood Reporter, Hoffman responded: 'I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.'

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Anna Graham Hunter (left) claims she was sexually harassed by Dustin Hoffman when she was 17-years-old while working with him on the set of Death of a Salesman (1985)

How they were: This photo shows the pair on set during filming

Dustin Hoffman seated next to John Malkovich in this promotional poster for Death of a Salesman. Top row is actors Kate Reid and Stephen Lang

Hunter claims, through the journal entries, that the actor's behavior only grew more aggressive as their time working together continued. The entries she shares begin on January 21 with Hoffman requesting and receiving a foot rub from the young teen.

Hunter says Hoffman's daughter Jenna Bryne, now 47 and from his first marriage to Anne Bryne, was in the room when the foot massage incident occurred.

On January 28, Hunter journaled a bizarre conversation with the actor peppering her with questions about her sexual activity over the weekend.

'Dustin said to me today, ''So, did you have sex over the weekend like I told you?''

'No.'

'What is this, celibate weekends?'

'Next weekend, OK?'

'No, I'm talking about last weekend. You sure you didn't?'

''Yes.'' I was cracking up.'

'Smile if you're lying.'

However by January 31, she writes, her interactions with Hoffman became physical.

'Today, when I was walking Dustin to his limo, he felt my a** four times. I hit him each time, hard, and told him he was a dirty old man. He took off his hat and pointed to his head (shaved for the part) and said, ''No, I'm a dirty young man, I have a full head of hair.''

John Malkovich (left) and Dustin Hoffman (right) in a scene for Death of a Salesman

American playwright Arthur Miller (back) talks to actor Dustin Hoffman during production the television adaptation of 'Death Of A Salesman,' 1985

The now author claims she was not the only one on set to garner unwanted attention from Hoffman. Hunter claims a fellow production assistant, who Hunter calls Elizabeth to protect her identity, also dealt with the brunt of inappropriate comments from the star.

Hunter shares her journal from January 31: 'Today, I realized some things about this business that scare me. First of all, Dustin's a lech. I'm completely disillusioned. After Tootsie, I thought I wanted to marry him.'

'Elizabeth asked him what he wanted for lunch and he said, ''Your left breast.''

'You're disgusting.'

'OK, your right breast.'

''You pig.'' She walked away.'

Hunter also changed the name of an office assistant, who she calls Pam.

'Pam said, ''If [producer] Bob Colesberry had heard that [Elizabeth rejected Hoffman's advances], she would have been gone in a second. I know Dustin would never let that happen, but it's still scary.''

Hunter discusses working with both stars, Malkovich (right) and Hoffman (left) in her journal

Hoffman in his role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, 1985 (left), and at an event in October 2017 (right)

Hunter says there were certainly benefits of being on set, aside from the star power of Hoffman she also writes in her journal about positive interactions she had working alongside actors John Malkovich and Charles Durning, as well as playwright Arthur Miller.

But the good did not out weigh the negative experiences she encountered. She writes that by February 4 of 1985 'Today this business got scarier. Or at least less appealing.'

'This morning when I asked Dustin what he wanted for breakfast, he said something that beat even his lows. It was worse than anything anyone has ever said to me on the street. It was so gross I couldn't say anything. I just turned around and walked out,' she details of her claims about Hoffman asking for a 'soft-boiled clitoris' as part of his breakfast order to her.

'Later I tried to get into a serious conversation with Frankie [his assistant] about why Dustin is like that. I don't know how Dustin knew what we were talking about, but he shouted, ''Anna! Are you badmouthing me? Anna! Get over here, Anna!''

'The whole crew was cracking up, and I ducked behind a set,' Hunter wrote in her journal that day.

'Later, I was delivering lunches when John, Stephen and Dustin came down the hall and he shouted, ''Anna! So you think I'm a sexist pig, huh? Anna!'' The whole f***ing studio heard him. So I told him that I didn't appreciate his wandering hands or his comments. He apologized and said he would stop.'

'After that he was so nice to me I was shocked. Between takes he kept passing me bubble gum. Suddenly a piece would come flying out of nowhere, and then I'd see him smiling. When I was walking up the stairs carrying a box of Cokes, he rushed up and grabbed it for me. I guess he felt really bad. He was like he is around his wife — Mr. Paternity,' she detailed in her entry that day.

Hoffman was at that time married to wife Lisa Hoffman (née Gottsegen), they married in 1980 and they are still together.

Lisa and Dustin have four children together, two boys Jake and Max Hoffman who born in 1981 and 1984 respectively. Their girls are Rebecca and Alexandra who were born in 1983 and 1987.

Lisa Hoffman with husband Dustin at an event in October 2017. The couple have been together since 1980

Hunter's journal entry that day continues, 'I laugh at most things because I don't want to appear hard-nosed, but sometimes I just can't. You know? Most of this deference is directly because of my sex. I find that hard to deal with. I hope it's over now. Who knows, maybe Dustin respects me because of what I said.

Then one final humiliating entry reveals the day Warren Beatty came to the studio.

'I was standing in the best place possible [to watch filming]. So he and Bob Colesberry stood next to me for 45 minutes. He smiled and I introduced myself. He looked good, but a bit gray.'

'Dustin said to me afterward, ''So Anna, I get Warren tonight, you get him Tuesday?'' Today he said, ''You might as well have undressed yourself. You were saying, 'F*** me, f*** me, Warren.''

The author says in her Hollywood Reporter piece, that while she tried to take the alleged harassment in stride, she was proud of herself for when she did find the voice to speak out against a Hollywood star as a young teen on the set.

She also says she shared her accounts with her sister overseas.

'During my five weeks on set, I detailed my days and mailed dispatches to my sister in London after making copies for myself. Recently, I reread them for the first time in several years.'

Hunter concludes her column with the Hollywood Reporter with a reflection on that time: 'At 49, I understand what Dustin Hoffman did as it fits into the larger pattern of what women experience in Hollywood and everywhere. He was a predator, I was a child, and this was sexual harassment. As to how it fits into my own pattern, I imagine I'll be figuring that out for years to come.'