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F. Murray Abraham was reportedly fired from Mythic Quest as a consequence of sexual misconduct allegations.
The 83-year-old actor abruptly exited the Apple TV+ sequence in April 2022 after “not less than two issues” 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 advised to avoid a few of his Mythic Quest actresses, the journal reported.
The second incident was reportedly delivered to the eye of creator Rob McElhenney, which resulted in Abraham being let go from the undertaking.
“We take allegations of misconduct significantly and examine them completely,” a spokesperson for Lionsgate advised a number of retailers in a press release on Monday. “As a matter of company coverage, we don’t focus on personnel actions.”
The Oscar winner portrayed C.W. Longbottom on the comedy on seasons 1 and a pair of. The sequence, which concluded season 3 in January, follows Ian Grimm’s (McElhenney) online game firm and its employees as they do every part potential to maintain their hit recreation related.
The manufacturing firm beforehand introduced the casting shake-up in April 2022 however didn’t give a motive 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, advised 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 positive that now we have a extremely becoming tribute to him. And I don’t wanna give something away. We positively handle it in a giant manner.”
Abraham went on to painting womanizer Bert Di Grasso on season 2 of White Lotus, which premiered in October 2022.
“Bert says numerous questionable issues and has form of a problematic perspective towards intercourse and girls and relationships,” creator Mike White advised 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 may 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.
