F. Murray Abraham apologized. The actor who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Anthony Salieri in the unforgettable Amadeus by Milos Formanreleased a statement to clarify the story in which he was reluctantly accused of sexual harassment.
In fact, in the past few days, a Rolling Stone report has revealed that behind the Disappearance of his character from the Mythic Quest seriesin which he plays the head writer of a popular video game, there would have been serious reasons unlawful conduct on set.
Specifically, two episodes were reported in which the actor molested some actresses. A situation that would be repeated later and which would increase the pressure Series creator Rob McElhenney to request that F. Murray Abraham be removed from the series AppleTV+. Through a statement reported by foreign sources, it is now the actor himself who apologizes and reveals the exact nature of his inappropriate behavior:
This is a sincere and deep apology. It was never my intention to offend anyone I cracked a few jokes, nothing more, which upset some of my colleagues and as a result, I lost a great job with wonderful people. I understood a lot from this experience and I hope that you can forgive me.
There lion gate, producer of the series, announced that it was taking the complaints against him seriously and that it was investigating internally. None of the cast of Mythic Quest, now in its third season, had previously hinted at possible issues with the veteran actor.
The official version given at the time was that of calendar problems: Abraham was filming The White Lotus 2 and this would have caused problems during the filming of Mythic Quest. Ironically, he was chosen by him precisely because of his rather “old school” attitude towards these issues mike white To play Bert, an older man who won’t stop flirting with anyone in the series’ Sicilian vacation spot AubreyPlaza And Sabrina Impacatore.
Its story is reminiscent of what happened to other cinema icons of those years, such as Bill Murrayagain at the center of serious allegations of allegedly inappropriate behavior on the set of to be mortal.
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Source: Variety
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