Frank Langella has decided to speak out about having been fired from Netflix’s horror series, The Fall of the House of the Usher, rather than just disappear into the wasteland of Me Too discards. Perhaps he is just too old by now to shut up and take it. The idea that he would be fired over vague and flimsy allegations shows you how everyone in Hollywood is STILL terrified about being Me Too’d.
They know there is a massive publicity machine that devours accusations — without due process… my God, due process, what is that? It can mostly derail a career because in this climate, even a year into the Biden administration when you’d think some of the panic and fear would have settled down, it is “once accused, forever guilty.”
This is true no matter who has been accused, or for what. It only matters how a collective hive mind on Twitter interprets those actions. They can make something untrue suddenly true. Very few people in Hollywood have the actual stones to stand up to the mob. I am always impressed by those who do.
People who go along with witch hunts never fare well over time. History always sides with those unfairly persecuted because if there is one thing we should learn from history it’s that mob justice very rarely gets it right.
Whether it’s the Salem Witch Trials or the Jim Crow era — cultivating a climate of fear where anyone can be accused of anything and be condemned for that accusation with no due process always takes us to dangerous places. Of course, we aren’t talking about people being hanged, or lynched or even jailed. We are talking about them being fired and shunned and pariah-cized.
It has less to do with the consequences and more to do with what it turns us into, how it cripples the creative spirit, and what it feels like to live with lies. We don’t know how the Amber Heard/Johnny Depp trial will turn out but he had his day in court and was able to tell his side of the story. She also was able to tell her side of the story. They are doing this with a judge, a jury, and lawyers representing each of them. That is called DUE PROCESS.
When we eliminate it, and we rely on accusations, the reactions to those accusations — TWITTER — clickbait and a community of very frightened people who appear to have no courage whatsoever, we will always get it wrong.
That doesn’t mean due process always gets it right. The Salem Witch trials and the all-white juries during Jim Crow were also due process. They too were reliant upon fear to guide them. The Me Too movement exists because for too long women were not believed when they tried to tell their stories of assault or rape.
What started as a reckoning, though, devolved into a paranoid witch hunt that seems to be ongoing, up to and including the unfair firing of Frank Langella.
The problem is the media machine convicts before anyone has a chance to even hear the full story at all. The idea is that just the accusation can ruin a career. It’s almost even worst than that. Just an insinuation of an accusation can ruin a career.
I learned the hard way what it is like to defend someone. I have never been good at shutting up, but especially not when people get things wrong. Bad sex on a date is not assault. A man touching your arm is not assault. Just because people say it is doesn’t make it so. That an actor of Langella’s caliber (he would be the only reason I would want to watch the show, which I have no interest in watching now because I would have only watched it if Frank Langella was IN IT) can be fired over something – and for the entire production to flip out over it shows just how terrified everyone in Hollywood still is.
Journalists are terrified. People on Twitter on terrified. The money and the power are especially terrified. Yet very few people will simply stand up to that fear and say, “You know what? No. No. We’re not going to play this game. Sorry. We’re here to do good work. If you find it uncomfortable to work on this project, there’s the door. But until someone actually DOES SOMETHING BAD? We’re going to continue working. Frank, just don’t talk to that actress off script.” But they won’t do that because they are TOO SCARED.
Here we get an anatomy of a freak-out in real time.
Langella writes:
In the increasing madness that currently pervades our industry, I could not have imagined that the words “collateral damage” would fall upon my shoulders. They have brought with them a weight I had not expected to bear in the closing decades of my career. And along with it has come an unanticipated sense of grave danger.
On April 14 of this year, I was fired by Netflix for what they determined to be unacceptable behavior on set. My first instinct was to blame. To lash out and seek vengeance. I interviewed crisis managers, tough connected lawyers, the professionally sympathetic at $800 per hour. Free advice was proffered as well:
“Don’t play the victim.” “Don’t sue. They’ll dig into your past.” “Sign the NDA, take the money and run.” “Do the talk shows, show contrition, feign humility. Say you’ve learned a lot.”
Apologize. Apologize. Apologize.
I was playing the leading role of Roderick Usher in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic The Fall of the House of Usher, modernized as an eight-episode series for Netflix. It is a glorious role, and I had come to regard it as, most likely, my last hurrah. Bizarrely prophetic under the current circumstances.
On March 25 of this year, I was performing a love scene with the actress playing my young wife. Both of us were fully clothed. I was sitting on a couch, she was standing in front of me. The director called “cut.” “He touched my leg,” said the actress. “That was not in the blocking.” She then turned and walked off the set, followed by the director and the intimacy coordinator. I attempted to follow but was asked to “give her some space.” I waited for approximately one hour, and was then told she was not returning to set and we were wrapped.
Not long after, an investigation began. Approximately one week later, Human Resources asked to speak to me by phone. “Before the love scene began on March 25,” said the questioner, “our intimacy coordinator suggested where you both should put your hands. It has been brought to our attention that you said, ‘This is absurd!’” “Yes,” I said, “I did. And I still think so.” It was a love scene on camera. Legislating the placement of hands, to my mind, is ludicrous. It undermines instinct and spontaneity. Toward the end of our conversation, she suggested that I not contact the young lady, the intimacy coordinator, or anyone else in the company. “We don’t want to risk retaliation,” she said. When I mentioned that it was certainly not my intention to … she cut me off politely and said: “Intention is not our concern. Netflix deals only with impact.”
Granted, if there is more to the story, let it be told. If it was more than an actress upset that he broke the rules the “intimacy coordinator” laid out, then fine. Let’s hear it. But if this was IT? If this really was the whole thing? That actress really should not be an actress. She is in the wrong business. Acting requires you to access authentic human behavior. If they are doing a love scene and he has to be told where to put his hands it is not going to look authentic. It’s going to look artificial and stupid.
If we’re talking about The Last Tango in Paris or Don’t Look Now where they were going for hardcore authenticity that really did blur the lines, that’s one thing. Here, they were both fully clothed. If THAT is too much for this actress, if she is THAT fragile? She should go do something else, or play a different part. She should look at the script that describes a love scene with a grown male — and at that point she can decide, “oh, I am not strong enough to do that because I am easily triggered by hands on my body.” That is called protecting yourself.
That they would have to pull back on authenticity because the actress can’t handle it? Netflix should film a series about THIS story. I can promise you it would be a lot more interesting than one frozen in fear with intimacy coordinators scurrying about.
At some point, we have to stop treating grown women like children, or like they’re made of glass. Actors this nervous should not be actors. I would not even want “intimacy coordinators” on set. I don’t like “sensitivity readers.”
What are we doing here anyway? The problem is that young adults seem to have been raised to believe that the world must be safe for them. But guess what, folks? That isn’t how it works. Take a look at Ukraine. Do you think any of those young people have a world made safe for them? The world is not a safe place. It is a dangerous place. Micromanaging art to accommodate overly sensitive feelings renders art useless.
Someday there will be great books and great movies written about this moment. No one is ever going to believe that we once lived through a time when a famous and talented actor was fired because he touched a woman on the leg during a love scene where both were fully clothed. The truth is, it wasn’t for that reason. It was because he didn’t apologize — in effect, confess as a witch and live. To have apologized, he would have sold himself out, and admitted he’d done something “wrong.”
Every young person should be told that the world is never going to be made safe for them. They have to become strong to survive it. Strong inside, strong outside. The last thing we need is writers, directors, comedians, and yes, actors to play it safe. We need art to express authentic human experiences – good, bad, and ugly so that they can be wrested from our own hearts. We need this to prevent madness. Frank Langella knew that. Edgar Allen Poe certainly knew that.
deadline has a new article with tons of information
https://deadline.com/2022/05/frank-langella-fired-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-netflix-series-details-1235029281/
Sorry Sasha -as someone who’s actually worked with him on multiple occasions. This all adds up and as another colleague texted me when it first came out… “overdue”, both cast and crew, I’ve seen first hand, particularly women both on and off camera have had to deal with terrible behavior from him.
Add in the fact this is a private company. There was an intimacy coordinator where it was well established what was OK and not OK, this is the new trend on many sets, adapt or retire.
Sorry Sasha -as someone who’s actually worked with him on multiple occasions. This all adds up and as another colleague texted me when it first came out… “overdue”, both cast and crew, I’ve seen first hand, particularly women both on and off camera have had to deal with terrible behavior from him.
Add in the fact this is a private company. There was an intimacy coordinator where it was well established what was OK and not OK, this is the new trend on many sets, adapt or retire.
Incidentally, if anyone is interested in these issues and wants to read the perspective of someone who is actually left of center and actually cares about how this affects politics and policy, I’d recommend Freddie deBoer’s writing. He came out with an essay on a similar topic today:
freddiedeboer . substack . com/p/just-stop-apologizing?s=r
So he put a hand on her leg – so what? Feminist women of nowadays are utterly stupid if they have problems with such unimportant matters. 🙂
These are (supposedly) youngish women. An older woman would know how to handle this movement.
Guys like Langella are dinosaurs but a younger man would’ve known how to behave in such situations. We can do this all day, but it’s better if you stop looking for ways to rationalise this kind of behaviour. It’s fair to say you have missed the point completely. Why do you keep insisting on the woman “correctibg” her behaviour when she did nothing wrong? Expecting her, or any woman, for that matter, to put up with unacceptable behaviour is ridiculous. The days of women putting up with that kind of crap from men are long gone. You’re living in the past, man! Get with the program or get lost!
I think you’ll find the one who’s stupid is the guy who signed up to a project, then deliberately disobeyed its rules, got kicked off the project and then had to cry about it to the media. I mean, that’s stupid! Did he not read the rules? He’s either too stupid or an entitled white dude. Either way, he’s got what he deserved.
How can you babble on about due process and write statements like “the unfair firing of Frank Langella.” when you clearly know only one side of the story? Yes, maybe the firing was ridiculous, but maybe there was more to the incident then Langella claims. If you claim you’re against drawing to quick conclusions, don’t do so yourself!
She doesn’t even try to pretend to be mildly objective. She has an agenda to push and will jump on anything she thinks will further her cause.
So much for Cancel Disney, eh, DeathSantis?
Multiverse of Madness: $185m domestic estimated opening weekend.
The anti-Disney bill signed by Desantis is the biggest tax increase by any state. Not only did he put the burden on the public, but it’s illegal, too. Here’s an assessment of its impact: https://youtu.be/y6u4OYoAxIM
Who is this actress? Surely she will be mentioned in the credits of the show when it is eventually streamed and it shouldn’t take too much to figure out who it is but I don’t she her mentioned anywhere.
She’s worried about death threats
That’s the only reason anyone asks to know the identity of a complainant or a whistle-blower. Remember how Trump was so obsessed with identifying the whistle-blower? It hadn’t occurred to me that such intimidation would be lead by the president of the United States of America. I wasn’t familiar with mafia tactics.
Someone remind Sasha about this
it is most likely Willa Fitzgerald. You can’t tell this from the examining the plots since the “young wife” is not in the Poe Short Story. But of the top names in the cast list on imdb she seems to most fit that description.
A lot of the women are indeed “young” compared to Frank Langella, but he’s been around in Hollywood and I don’t think a 40 year old woman would be a “young wife” from his perspective since that seems to be more the standard.
Fitzgerald is 31, and blonde. Just the type of ingenue someone would get cast in a Mike Flanagan TV show I think. SHe is the female lead (playing a cop) on Amazon’s Reacher where she comes off as a less talented Cybil Shephard type (think Moonlighting)
She’s also been around long enough to speak up when she’s been mistreated. She’s not some inexperienced young actress who is too inexperienced that she’s been mistreated and unwilling to risk her career by defending herself.
I hate to write this, but I notice Hollywood is hiring a lot of no-name, low rent actresses. How much are they being paid for these “minor” parts?
you think that’s a current trend? You must not be around that long. Actresses have a shelf life of like 5 years you’d think, the way they get rotated through.
Low rent? Why do you feel the need to denigrate these actresses?
Why hasn’t Sasha expended this kind of effort over Fred Savage? Where’s his think piece???
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When he was 10 he was so adorable. It’s unimaginable he could do anything wrong!
Waiting for Savage’s statement I would imagine
These claims of misconduct are coming tooooo fast and I’m suspicious of them. Someone says something “off color” and that’s “misconduct….COME ON! Someone make a gesture and its misinterpreted….that’s “misconduct”. I can’t help but think about Al Franken and how they ran him out of Congress. And the women who accused him? Nowhere to be seen or found.
Savage hasn’t been in this rodeo just this time.
Sasha should know that ultimately what’s most important is what you stand for. Her obsession with winning over Southern and Midwest states could lead to nowhere. I think she might already be there, to a certain extent. Elections results come in cycles and shouldn’t determine what you believe in. A great example is what happened in the sixties: “We have lost the South for a generation,” President Lyndon B. Johnson told an aide after he signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Sorry Sasha but I can’t be on your side here even though I get some of the sentiment that these things go a bit far at times. Even as Langella puts it he was given very clear instructions for how he could act and where he was allowed to put his hands, he then vocally said he disagreed showing he understood them and then disobeyed it. Sex scenes should be handled sensitively, it is standard practice that everyone will agree on what they are comfortable with beforehand so they know what to expect and he went past that. Is firing him possibly going too far? Sure maybe but he definitely deserved some form of discipline for intentionally disobeying the intimacy coordinator!
Also due process was followed, this isn’t a legal matter this is an employment matter. He was given explicit instructions at his work on how to behave in a sensitive situation then intentionally disobeyed them, the company then investigated and let him go. That is following due process
So, it’s more that he disagrees with the rules that he signed up to rather than the claims about his misconduct? It seems like a privileged white guy who thinks the rules don’t apply to him.
I don’t know if that was supposed to be a dig at me or agreeing with me but just in case it was the former I should be clear that it is the behaviour itself that is particularly the problem. I’m just saying given that he got specific notes saying he specifically wasn’t to do what he did it makes it very clear that he didn’t do something in a scene that he thought was okay, instead he specifically did something that he was told wasn’t okay and that does make it much worse.
Your first comment was a bit muddled, I felt. However, your second comment had clarified things for me and I just wanted to underline where things really stand.
Is my comment that hard to understand? No digs. There would be no misunderstanding if I was unhappy with your comment, believe me. I don’t think I can do subtle digs and I also miss subtle digs at me. I’m always up front with my criticism and I make a point of making it sound because that’s just how I prefer it.
while they’re at it, is it too late to reshoot The Trial of the Chicago 7?
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Or rewrite it?
or reconsider it altogether.
I didn’t think the movie was that bad. It had a few strong performances. Early in the year, it was top film… then I saw a lot more, but still. I actually thought Frank was one of the better performances in it.
He had an intimate director; no? Did the intimate director see anything wrong? Did Langella have a pay or play contract?
Sasha can talk about the endless cases of rape, sexual assault and harassment, domestic abuse, and misogyny suffered by women and girls every year and the failure of the system to protect them, but she doesn’t. Instead she prefers to talk about rich, powerful and privileged men being held to account for the first time for their unacceptable behaviour. The fake victim hood of rich, Powerful and privileged men versus the real and harrowing violence, abuse and discrimination suffered by women. This is the wrong priority! Sasha has gone beyond calling out a wrong. She’s now a victim blamer and fully fledged defender of men accused of inappropriate behaviour and possible assault.
Welcome to the resume of Republicans….oh, I’m sorry, they prefer to call themselves libertarians. Actually, there’s a better name for them… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/25670257338274f92df55090694a379cdd5dd13ce262eb79553f93447d15b0b2.gif
It’s starting to look more and more like the cultural clash of the 1960s and Sasha is on the wrong side.
Lmao.
Leftist filthbags have been re-branding and cloaking themselves for the past 70-80 years. You’re too ignorant to understand that either side can subscribe to libertarian principles.
Welcome to Disqus!
Mother Russia is calling, comrade!
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True Libertarians hate both sides of the political spectrum. I know real right wingers and real left wingers and real libertarians. Libertarians distance themselves from both sides because they just want little interference and really don’t care what anyone else does, let people do as they please and leave them alone. So if you hear a “libertarian” supporting left or right propaganda, they aren’t libertarian.
I am libertarian.
Yes, but like there are Rinos and Dinos, there are people who hide behind the Libertarian banner because they are too embarrassed to subscribe to a lot of the Republican playbook, so choice C works just fine for them.
I could see how it could be a safe place to “hide”, but a leopard never changes its spots. Eventually what side they truly are on while come out—but let me tell you, I ain’t got time for that.
I am getting tired, even horrified, of such comments as “the woman is too sensitive” to be an actress. As if a woman should be able to tolerate being sexually assaulted for the sake of “art.”
None of us knows what happened on the set there. Maybe he was grunting when he wasn’t supposed to. Maybe he whispered “Fuck me, bitch” in her ear. Would she be too sensitive then?
Are men that weak they can’t follow simple blocking instructions? Is he that bad of an actor? Sounds like he’s too inexperienced to be an actor. Maybe old age is getting to him. Maybe he’s senile and can’t figure out what’s real and what’s not. Maybe the evil spirits from the House of Usher set have possessed him. We simply do not know.
We just know the woman is too frail, too innocent to be an actress, she plucked from the field in her satin gowns as she enjoyed the smell of her freshly picked daisies. “Oh my, I always wanted to be in the pictures” she cooed as she was swept away in a chariot lined with mother-of-pearl and gold lace.
Reports down through the years and even evident in his own biography, is that Langella has allegedly always been the Mayor of Pricksville.
oh, you can tell in his own defense that he’s guilty.
We don’t really know. But how terrible is it for Sasha yo be certain when she wasn’t there and hasn’t heard all sides of the story? Does she know more than the people who were there and those who investigated the allegations?
I’m sorry but this article and those defending Langelia are using classic victim blaming rhetoric.
Sexual assault is too strong a word. Moving your leg to hers and touching is NOT sexual assault. I always think that perhaps the production didn’t want Langella anyway, that it was a setup to get him fired so they could bring in a lesser paid actor? I hope Langella had a pay or play contract.
we don’t know the full story. And there are more cases than this one. This might not be sexual assault, but that doesn’t mean it’s not elsewhere.
Why not stick to the facts of the case rather than conjectures? Why do all that and make ridiculous excuses for Langella?
Nicely stated. I don’t care what one’s political beliefs are, due process is paramount to avoiding a miscarriage of justice, whether it is the justice of history or contemporary criminal or civil cases or public opinion. And Mr. Langella has suffered unfairly. In light of your tongue-in-cheek suggestion that Netflix create a miniseries from this disaster, I hope Mr. Langella elects to file a lawsuit and make this this unjust firing a test case. Yes, this should be that case. Frank Langella should get his day in court so that he can give the performance of his magnificent life as an actor and help defend our culture and his profession against the encroachment and enshrinement of stupidity and fear. The accusing actress has, as you say, apparently chosen the wrong profession as she seems far too sensitive to the methods of acting.
In an interview recorded in November of 2020 for SAG-AFTRA, Mr. Langella discusses how important it should be for actors to fully believe in the characters they play, for the sake of authenticity and the craft of acting, even if those characters are reprehensible. He adds that he has been greatly pleased when he reads reviews of his works in which the critic writes just how much the critic has hated an evil character played by Mr. Langella because that means the actor has done his job.
Final note: Ask one of the editors to cut the excerpt from Mr. Langella’s response after paragraph 7 and replace the duplicate text below with the remainder of the original text. I think there’s enough space to fit the entire essay.
I love how you judge the woman as if she is an evil tormentor.
She should get her chance to defend her position. But first, she should be identified, or should ID herself.
So HR law that protects privacy no longer exists in your world?
Should privacy provide cover for destructive lies? It seems the system needs to adjust to changing times.
when he files the lawsuit, the court documents will have her name. I doubt it will be redacted unless sexual assault is alleged by her.
I think it’s ridiculous that defebders of Langelia are pretending a rich guy with fancy lawyers is some hiw unable to find due process. It’s just absurd.
You’re assuming Langella is telling the full unvarnished truth. You don’t have a singular shred of evidence the woman lied other than your own personal biases
He didn’t name his “accuser” because of the HR laws you seem not to understand.
Who finds it lies? You can’t say that until it is proved to be so.
it’s probably willa fitzgerald, based on the description of “young wife” and her prominence in the imdb cast list
although I can’t find a description of this updated version’s plot. Relying on the short story for help here is fruitless.
I’m sure she has already filed a complaint and those in charge made their decisions with facts at her hand, unlike those make ridiculous assertions without any knowledge of what really happened.
You want due process yet you are already bad mouthing the alleged victim. They both have rights. And no she should not be asked to accept any behaviour which is unacceptable.
At some point, we have to
or like they’re made of glass. Actors this nervous should not be
actors. I would not even want “intimacy coordinators” on set. I don’t
like “sensitivity readers.”
^^ THIS. I remember Sen. Al Franken and how they ran him out of the Senate. But Notice these are “older” men with younger women? It’s a different world. A “real” woman would slap the shyt out of these men, or tell them to stop it. But instead they go running to directors and producers, whining about some little innocent touch…..“too close” – WTH? Has these type of complaints happened with Broadway shows — or is it ONLY onset TV and movies?
And this makes me wonder, are these “real” actresses being hired….really experienced actresses or starlets and influencers who have No experience?
What are you talking about? Are you going to decide who can accept abusive behaviour and who can’t? That’s your hiring criteria? Is it better to make rules for everyone to follow and get rid of any who breaks them? You want laws to protect abusers instead of victims? I don’t understand you or Sasha’s point here. I know Sasha has an agenda, even though it’s wrong headed.
I feel bad for those that have to remember everyone’s different pronouns. I couldn’t do it. I respect their desire to determine their own identities. But my memory is just not that good.
Times are changing rapidly and college professors are often the victims in these dynamic enviroments. What was acceptable a couple of years back is suddenly offensive. It’s hard to keep up.
I want to mention “Rent” the classic Broadway show. It was heralded as genius and a generation of queer people felt empowered by it, and many felt seen for the first time.
Now it’s viewed as this archaic piece that neglected the complexity of gender fluidity.
I wish the people who criticize the show were alive back then. They don’t know how good they have it today. Much like gays in the 90’s had it good compared to the 60’s as we criticize The Children’s Hour.
Times change, attitudes shift, perspectives are forgotten. But the last thing I want is the government to step in and legislate how we should feel and talk about RENT, except for saying it is too damn high.
There’s also the example of The Boys in the Band,so pioneering for 1968, later criticized as out ot touch, then revived several times more over the decades. Its place in dramatic history will always be well-deserved because it was among the first productions to present the full humanity of gay men.
When is the article offering a full-throated defense of R. Kelly coming? I got my popcorn ‘n soda!
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Urine trouble if you think that is gonna happen.
If R. Kelly had made Chinatown on the other hand
Legislating the placement of hands? How about setting clear boundaries for the placement of hands?
Hell, the PORN industry has detailed paperwork spelling out what and what will not be done during a scene.
Yeah, but the porn industry just portrays simulated sex.
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You, kind sir, are the winner of one (1) internet.
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Nope, fully penetrative sex. Iy only looks simulated if its hotel porn.
No way! Really??? Do the people even like each other?
They’re working actors
Interesting. I heard the orgasms are faked though.
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Faked, exaggerated, and also real. Acting skills are involved but people get acquainted or more seriously involved. And there are married couples who perform. Sometimes actors will have so much fun on set that they’ll continue after work in the evening.
I always fake mine. I don’t want the judgment.
I’m sorry your partner, male or female, isn’t helping you have orgasms, or, that you may be having trouble with your physical or mental health that interferes with intimacy.
“Climate of fear”.
Oh, I agree, it’s amazing how right-wing media creates fears that a vaccine is poison, wearing a mask is akin to numbers tattooed on your arm, Canada is imposing martial law, a validated election was “stolen”, invading Ukraine justified for “stopping Nazis,” BLM/Antifa have been rioting non-stop for two years, mentioning gay people exist is “grooming children by pedophiles”, millions of Mexican gangsters are illegally invading to the midwest and ready to roll back 50 years of women’s rights and…
Oh, wait, you mean how people acting like an actor called out for bad behavior on set is somehow a “witch hunt.” Yes, that’s so much worse.
I agree with your overall point, but there’s a substantial difference between an actor being “called out” and an actor being fired.
First off, SAG regulations require that actors cast in a role will know ahead of time what the requirements are with regard to nudity/sex scenes. It seems this woman or her agent/lawyer negotiated ahead of time what is acceptable. This is why intimacy coordinators exist, to enforce what was agreed upon. That Langella doesn’t seem remotely interested in following this process or merely gave it lip service is probably enough to get him fired without any “bad” behavior.
The reason all this is so carefully executed is because men, and directors would consistently take advantage of women in the past. “We are just acting!” is a brilliant opportunity to grasp a breast apparently.
Granted a fully clothed person touching another fully clothed person sounds innocuous enough, but as other posters have said, this is one side of the story, and we haven’t heard the other. Maybe he got a raw deal, maybe not.
If he did get a raw deal he has every right to file a lawsuit against whomever he wants, Netflix, the woman, whatever, just like anyone does if they get fired from a job unjustly.
As for whether people should see this The Fall of the House of Usher, the answer is definitely yes. Mike Flanagan brought us “MIdnight Mass” which was easily one of the most creative and entertaining and thoughtful shows of 2021. Each of the first six episodes are masterfully constructed. The seventh episode didn’t live up to the promise of the first six episodes, but it was still a satisfying conclusion. But it didn’t matter, the first six episodes were brilliant.
Damn those pesky facts.
This does seem like an overreaction ! It is also like the Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial a distraction ! With the Torquamada Supreme Court we now have unleashing judicial hell on our country I am reminded of what Pastor Martin Niemoller said about First They Came For . . . He was right ! The Right in this country is like The Terminator ! They can’t be reasoned with , they can’t be bargained with ! They don’t feel pity or remorse or fear and they absolutely will not stop . Ever . Until everything this country once stood for is dead ! If the MAGA republicans take control of the House and the Senate all bets are off ! Sasha you have a daughter is this the future you want for her a future like the one George Orwell talked about in 1984 ” If you want a picture of the future , imagine a boot stomping on a human face – forever . “
Actually, read her post on Musk a couple days ago, Sasha thinks “we’ve living in 1984″…because of the “left’s cancel culture ways.”
Not to threadjack…oh who am I kidding…I don’t care about that here anymore, speaking of “climate of fear”, anyone who believed Ben Shapiro and his fanboys/fangirls LIES about Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law not being at allllllll about demonizing gay people, we now have Don’t SEE Gay
https://deadline.com/2022/05/gop-senators-lgbta-tv-ratings-kids-1235018212/
Think about that, multiple United State Senators want the TV ratings to literally WARN viewers about LGBTQ CHARACTERS in TV shows. What’s next guys, Don’t See Black?
But sure, Langella ignoring the SAG rules about intimacy coordinators is sooooooooooooooo much worse.
I think this would be an amazingly positive development for young confused people looking for role-models or inspiration. Hopefully the info will be in a searchable database.
Requests for warnings eventually becomes threats of bans.
I am not worried, the country is not headed that far in that direction.
Gays are not going back in the closet, or we will go Stonewall on the Capitol.
I think the GOP IS going in that direction. All that “groomer” bullshit was a trial run, and sadly a fairly successful one
The GOP may want to go there, it’s true. But by the time we get there, they will have overturned elections, made the SCOTUS their whipping boy, and eliminated civil rights for many and probably used the military to quell uprisings all around the country.
I will be more desirous of finding canned pineapple than making sure little Johnny has access to balanced sexual identity cartoons.
Ok. Cool. Have a lot to do today but I will politely retort with the observation that Langella is slyly taking advantage of HR law that prohibits companies from publicly responding in kind to statements like this. If anyone truly believes that this is the entire story unvarnished in any way shape or form, I’ve got some awesome land to sell you.
If the actress in question wants to tell her side of the story she can.
She’s probably weighing her tolerance level for incel death threats before saying anything
I don’t know why you think the presidency has anything to do with any of this. No politician or election is going to solve this issue.
That was such a long screed, did she mention the climate of fear built up when Republicans call anyone who supports gay and trans rights “pedophiles”?