Langella was alleged to have made an inappropriate joke while filming and then touched the leg of a female co-star.
Frank Langella refutes “unacceptable behaviour” allegations while working on Netflix’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which he was fired from after a sexual misconduct investigation in April.
The actor aged 84, who played Roderick Usher in the streaming series’ cast, was then recast to Bruce Greenwood. He also criticised “cancel culture” and addressed them for the first-time in an op-ed on Deadline.
Fox News Digital reached out to Langella’s representatives in order to get more information.
“I was canceled. He wrote: “Just like that.” “In the ever-increasing madness in our industry, I couldn’t have predicted that the words collateral damage’ would be thrown upon my shoulders. They have brought with them a burden I didn’t expect to carry in the final decades of my career. It has also brought with it an unexpected sense of grave danger.”
“The Fall of the House of Usher,” also stars Mary McDonnell, Willa Scott, Kate Siegel and Carl Lumbly.
Langella was alleged to have made an inappropriate joke while filming and then touched the leg of a female co-star. Langella then reportedly brought attention to the incident by saying, “Did that make you like that?” Sources told TMZ that he said this at the time.
Netflix fired me on April 14th for unacceptable behavior. My initial instinct was to blame. To blame others and take revenge. I interviewed crisis managers and tough-connected lawyers. They were professionally sympathetic for $800 an hour.
“Don’t be a victim. Don’t sue. They will dig into your past. Sign the NDA and take the money. “Say you have learned a lot.
He continued: “Apologize. Apologize. Apologize.
“I was the lead role of Roderick Usher, in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic The Fall of The House of Usher. It has been remade as an eight-episode series by Netflix. It’s a wonderful role and it was, most likely, my last chance at glory. Under the current circumstances, it is bizarrely prophetic.”
He wrote, “She then turned around and walked off set, being followed by the director as well as the intimacy coordinator. I tried to follow her but was asked to wait for about an hour before I was told that she would not be returning to the set.
“Not long afterwards, an investigation started. He recalled that Human Resources reached out to him by telephone approximately one week later. “She suggested, at the end of our conversation that I not contact the young woman, the intimacy coordinator, or any other employee, as she was uncomfortable with me.”
Langella tried to reconcile her intentions but Langella cut him off politely, saying that HR did not want to “risk reprisal.” Netflix focuses only on impact.
The Academy Award-nominated actor said: “When you are the leading actress, it is important that you set an example and keep the atmosphere lighthearted and friendly.” These were the allegations: “He made an off-color joke. 2. ‘Sometimes, he called me “baby”, or “honey”‘ 3. “He would give me a hug, or touch my shoulder.”
He said, “Frank, you cannot do that,” added our producer. ‘You can’t joke. You can’t compliment. You can’t touch. It’s a new way of life.
Langella claimed that the allegations against him were “demonstrably fals” and cited an April 13 story by an outlet as “a complete lie.”
“The actress was named. He wrote that the same young woman had accused me, in the love scene, of touching her leg. “The item was corrected the next day to read: Frank Langella hasn’t been fired, but is under investigation.” The actress’s name was then deleted.
