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F. Murray Abraham was reportedly fired from Mythic Quest on account of sexual misconduct allegations.
The 83-year-old actor abruptly exited the Apple TV+ sequence in April 2022 after “at the least two considerations” of inappropriate habits had been raised, Rolling Stone reported on Monday, April 17.
The primary alleged incident led to the White Lotus star getting a warning and being instructed to keep away from a few of his Mythic Quest actresses, the journal reported.
The second incident was reportedly dropped at the eye of creator Rob McElhenney, which resulted in Abraham being let go from the challenge.
“We take allegations of misconduct critically and examine them completely,” a spokesperson for Lionsgate instructed a number of retailers in a press release on Monday. “As a matter of company coverage, we don’t talk about personnel actions.”
The Oscar winner portrayed C.W. Longbottom on the comedy on seasons 1 and a couple of. The sequence, which concluded season 3 in January, follows Ian Grimm’s (McElhenney) online game firm and its staff as they do all the pieces potential to maintain their hit sport related.
The manufacturing firm beforehand introduced the casting shake-up in April 2022 however didn’t give a cause for Abraham’s exit. “We don’t touch upon issues regarding personnel,” Lionsgate stated in a press release to Deadline on the time.
The It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia alum, for his half, briefly addressed Abraham’s absence in January.
“Yeah, it’s a bummer to not have Murray on this season,” McElhenney, 46, instructed IGN when talking about season 3. “However we acknowledge that C.W. is a beloved character and clearly an enormous a part of the present, so we made certain that we’ve a extremely becoming tribute to him. And I don’t wanna give something away. We positively handle it in a giant method.”
Abraham went on to painting womanizer Bert Di Grasso on season 2 of White Lotus, which premiered in October 2022.
“Bert says loads of questionable issues and has type of a problematic perspective towards intercourse and ladies and relationships,” creator Mike White instructed The New York Occasions in December 2022 of his option to forged the longtime actor within the position. “I simply thought it’d be humorous to have an actor who additionally has this sort of buoyancy and a ‘What me fear?’ sort of perspective.”
White — whose hit HBO Max sequence has received 10 Emmys — added: “There’s one thing very mischievous about Murray, and he might clearly play the villain. However he additionally has this likable, unsinkable high quality to him.”
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Us Weekly reached out to Apple TV+ and Abraham’s rep for remark.
