{"id":18021,"date":"2021-02-10T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.creativespikedigital.com\/lftc\/?p=18021"},"modified":"2024-11-01T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:48:16","slug":"agencies-studios-debate-when-to-drop-a-star-who-becomes-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.creativespikedigital.com\/lftc\/news\/entertainment\/agencies-studios-debate-when-to-drop-a-star-who-becomes-toxic\/","title":{"rendered":"Agencies, Studios Debate: When to Drop a Star Who Becomes Toxic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-as-publicly-reported-hollywood-misconduct-cases-grow-in-frequency-there-remains-a-lack-of-consistency-with-regard-to-how-the-industry-responds\">As publicly reported Hollywood misconduct cases grow in frequency, there remains a lack of consistency with regard to how&nbsp;the industry responds.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Feb. 4, a group of WME staffers convened in a conference online to discuss the escalating Armie Hammer situation. For the past three years, the agency\u2019s client advisory committee has been tasked with determining the fate those who are accused of misconduct. The group \u2014 evenly split along gender lines \u2014 has made difficult calls in the past, voting to drop high earners like&nbsp;<em>X-Men<\/em>&nbsp;director Bryan Singer and&nbsp;<em>Arrow<\/em>&nbsp;creator Andrew Kreisberg following claims of sexual misconduct and harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hammer was facing a tsunami of critical and embarrassing press after an Instagram account dubbed House of Effie posted a series of direct messages and videos purported to be from Hammer that detailed cannibalistic and rape fantasies as well as drug use. Hammer already had been asked to step off of two&nbsp;projects in January in the wake of the claims: Lionsgate\u2019s Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/armie-hammer-exits-lionsgates-shotgun-wedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Shotgun Wedding<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;and the Paramount+ series&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/armie-hammer-to-star-in-godfather-making-of-series-at-paramount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Offer<\/em><\/a>, about the making of&nbsp;<em>The Godfather<\/em>. (The actor\u2019s public retort to the allegations after being dropped from&nbsp;<em>Shotgun Wedding<\/em>&nbsp;was, \u201cI\u2019m not responding to these bullshit claims.\u201d) The WME committee moved swiftly and made the recommendation to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/armie-hammer-to-star-in-godfather-making-of-series-at-paramount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sever ties<\/a>&nbsp;with the&nbsp;<em>Call Me by Your Name<\/em>&nbsp;actor on Feb. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The unfortunate truth is that there is no criteria for how companies, studios, labels or agencies mete out consequences to alleged abusers,  worse, it often appears to depend less on veracity or severity of the claims, but rather on other factors such as race, gender and ultimately, money. When that happens, everyone loses.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.creativespikedigital.com\/lftc\/attorneys\/bryan-j-freedman\/\"><strong>says attorney Bryan Freedman [of Freedman + Taitelman, LLP], who represents Twigs<\/strong><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Three-plus years into Hollywood\u2019s #MeToo era, which ushered in a closer examination of all types of bad behavior \u2014 from racial insensitivity to rape allegations \u2014 the number of misconduct cases reported has grown in frequency. Still, there remains a frustrating lack of consistency with regard to how&nbsp;the industry responds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Feb. 2, CAA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/marilyn-manson-dropped-by-caa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropped<\/a>&nbsp;Marilyn Manson as a client after actress Evan Rachel Wood claimed that the rocker-actor had abused her during their relationship, a move that came one day after his record label, Loma Vista Recordings, said it would no longer promote his current album or work with him \u201con any future projects.\u201d (He subsequently was cut by Starz\u2019s&nbsp;<em>American Gods<\/em>&nbsp;and the Shudder series&nbsp;<em>Creepshow<\/em>.) Manson faced additional accusers in the wake of Wood\u2019s claims and has denied the allegations,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/marilyn-manson-responds-to-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stating<\/a>, \u201cthese recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, CAA opted to keep representing Shia LaBeouf after his former girlfriend and&nbsp;<em>Honey Boy<\/em>&nbsp;co-star, singer FKA Twigs, filed an explosive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/fka-twigs-sues-shia-labeouf-over-claims-of-sexual-battery-abuse-during-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suit<\/a>&nbsp;on Dec. 11 against LaBeouf, alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction&nbsp;of emotional distress. After being asked about the actor&#8217;s status with the agency for this story on Tuesday, CAA put him&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/caa-no-longer-representing-shia-labeouf-following-claims-of-sexual-battery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on hiatus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twigs\u2019 suit also chronicles a history of alleged abuse that LaBeouf perpetrated against stylist Karolyn Pho as well as actress Mia Goth. The filing also points to a video of a verbal altercation between LaBeouf and Goth in which the actor says, \u201cIf I\u2019d have stayed there, I would have killed her.\u201d Sources tell&nbsp;<em>THR<\/em>&nbsp;that Goth had been originally cast in&nbsp;<em>Honey Boy<\/em>&nbsp;but was removed from the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LaBeouf replied to the suit in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/11\/arts\/music\/fka-twigs-shia-labeouf-abuse.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Dec. 11 statement<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;that read, in part: \u201cI have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe unfortunate truth is that there is no criteria for how companies, studios, labels or agencies mete out consequences to alleged abusers,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.creativespikedigital.com\/lftc\/attorneys\/bryan-j-freedman\/\">attorney Bryan Freedman, who represents Twigs<\/a>. \u201cWorse, it often appears to depend less on veracity or severity of the claims, but rather on other factors such as race, gender and ultimately, money. When that happens, everyone loses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LaBeouf has yet to see many professional repercussions following the suit, which painted&nbsp;a picture of an actor who is a workplace menace. Right before Christmas, Netflix quietly took him off of its consideration page for the drama&nbsp;<em>Pieces of a Woman<\/em>, which is garnering awards buzz for co-star Vanessa Kirby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanya Selvaratnam, an Emmy-nominated producer whose claims of abuse against Eric Schneiderman led him to step down as New York State attorney general, is struck by the LaBeouf case and accused&nbsp;<em>Honey Boy<\/em>&nbsp;director Alma Har\u2019el of having dismissed actresses\u2019 complaints of abuse by her star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBehind most perpetrators there is an enabler, and sadly many of those enablers are women,\u201d says Selvaratnam. \u201cWhat\u2019s especially disturbing is that they not only enable the abuse but they also attempt either to discredit or to silence the victim.\u201d Har\u2019el did not reply for comment but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/biz\/news\/alma-harel-shia-labeouf-fka-twigs-1234864601\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=newsalert&amp;utm_content=244800_12-17-2020_headline&amp;utm_term=306749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Variety<\/em>&nbsp;in December that LaBeouf\u2019s struggles shouldn\u2019t \u201cexcuse, minimize, or rationalize domestic violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite instances of inaction, some Hollywood entities are taking a more proactive stance when it comes to allegations, even as the accused issue strong denials. On Feb. 5, VH1 halted production of its reality show&nbsp;<em>T.I. &amp; Tiny: Friends &amp; Family Hustle<\/em>&nbsp;in light of claims that titular rapper-actor&nbsp;Tip \u201cT.I.\u201d Harris and his wife, Tameka \u201cTiny\u201d Harris, trafficked, drugged and coerced women into sex. The couple denied the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October, director Alexander Payne exited HBO&#8217;s true crime miniseries&nbsp;<em>Landscapers<\/em>, a move that came in the wake of Rose McGowan accusing the director of statutory rape (Payne&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/alexander-payne-responds-to-rose-mcgowans-claims-of-statutory-rape-simply-untrue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disputed the timeline<\/a>). CAA currently reps Payne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, the industry has become more willing to drop stars when it comes to racist and racially insensitive language. Yet standards vary. When TMZ released a video of singer Morgan Wallen using the N-word toward friends, he was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/morgan-wallen-dropped-by-wme-after-racial-slur-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cut<\/a>&nbsp;by WME, his music&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/morgan-wallens-record-label-contract-suspended-amid-controversial-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">removed<\/a> from iHeartRadio and his label, Big Loud Records, said it would \u201csuspend\u201d his contract. But when TMZ surfaced a video of a 15-year-old Justin Bieber saying the N-word as a punchline of a racist joke in 2014, the pop star remained in CAA\u2019s stable, perhaps since he was a minor when the video was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, Megyn Kelly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/megyn-kelly-dropped-by-caa-1154923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parted ways<\/a>&nbsp;with CAA and was cut loose by NBC News in 2018 after suggesting that blackface had been acceptable when she was a child at Halloween, but NBC hired Julianne Hough as a co-host of&nbsp;<em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>&nbsp;in 2019 despite the fact that she was publicly castigated for dressing in blackface in 2013. (Like Kelly, Hough apologized for the incident shortly thereafter.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Hammer, it remains to be seen if studios will welcome him back. Ironically, he once&nbsp;blasted Hollywood for having a double standard when it came to the industry treating director Nate Parker more harshly than Casey Affleck during the 2017 awards season. In turn, Hammer was criticized for equating the Parker rape allegation with the Affleck sexual harassment claim. (He later apologized to Affleck,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/armie-hammer-addresses-casey-affleck-double-standard-remarks-1065760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cI conflated sexual harassment cases with a criminal case involving sexual assault charges.\u201d Parker was acquitted in the rape case, which stemmed from a 1999 incident at Penn State.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hammer has just one studio movie on the horizon, Disney\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Death on the Nile<\/em>, as part of the ensemble cast in the sequel to 2017\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Murder on the Orient Express<\/em>, which grossed $350 million. Sources say the studio is monitoring the situation to decide how to proceed with the film that wrapped in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hammer also stars opposite Gary Oldman in Nicholas Jarecki\u2019s opioid drama&nbsp;<em>Crisis<\/em>, which opens Feb. 26. Jarecki tells&nbsp;<em>THR<\/em>&nbsp;that Hammer is not doing any press for the film from Quiver Distribution. \u201cHe is not putting himself forward, so what can you do?\u201d he asks. \u201cYou have to continue on without him and focus on the aspects of the film that you have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mia Galuppo contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A version of this story appeared in the Feb. 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.hollywoodreporter.com\/sub\/?p=THR&amp;f=saleb&amp;s=IH1402HR20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to subscribe.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As publicly reported Hollywood misconduct cases grow in frequency, there remains a lack of consistency with regard to how&nbsp;the industry responds. On Feb. 4, a group of WME staffers convened in a conference online to discuss the escalating Armie Hammer situation. 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