• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “Everyone was so afraid to stand up when certain people were controlling or rude or disrespectful,” he continued. “They walked on pins and needles.”

    I wonder if one of them was the actress who played Lois. Jane Kaczmarek shared how she had constant headaches and admitted to being difficult on set when she was suffering.

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      8 months ago

      I mean, it’s possible, but far more likely that it was producers/showrunners/etc whose name we have never heard before tbh

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        8 months ago

        Yeah he called Jane his second mother in some interview. I think we have to remember for the 6 of them there were dozens more off screen, we can’t assume it was an actor.

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        8 months ago

        Oh absolutely! I do wonder if she was using the headache excuse just to leave and hide in her trailer until the chaos blows over.

        Women actresses who speak up have been known to be blackballed so…