Lethal Weapon Reboot Series in the Works at WBTV and FOX

[Webfoot Hero]

Isn't she in a new show? Or maybe I'm remember wrongly. It's not really much of a role for her here anyway so I wouldn't blame her for moving on. You'd think she'd get to do more.

Looks like she's still on the show so they'll have to find something for her to do.

 

[Teelie]

Clayne Crawford is speaking his side of the story and it does not sound good.

In an interview on the Drinkin’ Bros. podcast, Crawford, who played Riggs, talks with host Ross Patterson about the allegations that led to his ouster from the Fox series. Crawford says when the first news story of the allegations came out, he didn’t pay much attention, saying he believed it would all “blow over.”

In particular, he addresses two on-set incidents, one during a location shoot in a park during which he can be heard on tape shouting “Shut the **** up” to the assistant director over noise issues on the set.

“I knew that they had those tapes, and they had been blackmailing me with that… anytime I had a problem with [Damon Wayans],” Crawford explains. (Crawford alleged Wayans’ refused to attend table reads or film in churches). “When the incident happened, I had to pay half of my salary for that episode, I had to spend six weeks in anger management every day on my lunch break, and I had to be escorted to and from set by a security guard, so it was humiliating.”

He also blisters at an allegation that he was yelling at children at a nearby pool that day, calling it a “blatant ****ing lie… Clearly I’m yelling at the guy whose job it is to get the set quiet,” he says. “And here’s the thing: Did I make a poor choice? Absolutely, and I felt embarrassed in the moment because I was belligerent… We’d been shooting a three-page scene for eight hours, OK? We were so behind, and we continued to try and shoot through all of this noise… We stopped production over seven times. I called my agent, we were writing emails, we were phoning everyone we could to try and help us resolve the situation. No one would come in, no one would help us… So I shot all of my coverage in between the sounds.”

“I snapped,” Crawford admits. “Should I have gone to my trailer? 100 percent. Should I have just gone and waited? That’s what I was instructed to do when there was a problem — you go sit in your trailer and you lock your door and you take a nap. … Hollywood is very sensitive, so I should not have screamed and yelled, right, because it’s a bunch of very delicate flowers out there."

Crawford also tells Patterson, “to this day” he has never received a call from Warner Bros. informing him he was fired, learning his fate from social media and Deadline. He said his last conversation with studio president Peter Roth came after news first surfaced of the on-set issues. “He said, ‘Clayne, I can’t promise you that I can save your job, but what I can tell you is that you have to make a public announcement apologizing, publicly, to Damon Wayans,’” Crawford says. “I was like, “What the ****? Peter, why would I apologize publicly because he and I had a riff on set?’ And he’s like, ‘Clayne, that statement alone tells me you don’t want to come back… If I were you, I’d look your children in the eyes, and I’d look your wife in the eyes, and you need to make a decision, but again I can’t promise you that I can save your job.” Crawford said he couldn’t apologize to Wayans, saying Wayans made his life miserable on the show.

Crawford says he decided to talk now because it’s important to him to get his side of the story out there. “The only reason I’m doing this is because every time — it’s August and any time they talk about the show, it’s my image, my ****ing name, to promote their goddamn show.”

Deadline

 

[Deck Rickard]

Nothing against SWS, but this show doesn't deserve to be on due to the shenanigans Wayans pulled to get Crawford off the show followed by his Twitter meltdown that occurred when fans and actual crew members from the show defended Crawford and called out Wayans' own diva behavior on-set. He subsequently threatened to leave if certain crew members he thought were loyal to Crawford weren't fired. WB kowtowed to his demands and fired nearly 1/3 of the show's production crew.

Holy ****, really?

 

[terry78]

Clayne Crawford is speaking his side of the story and it does not sound good.


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Wow. I was always a fan of Wayans, but if he's that much of a diva according to him....two sides to every story I know.

 

[Aximili86]

Honestly (and without defending Wayans at all, he sounds like an a$$hole), Crawford comes off as a whiney little b*tch in the above quoted passage too.

"I wasn't screaming irrationally at the kids playing nearby in a pool, I was screaming irrationally at a crew member to go shut the kids up", basically.

I doubt that pool was on the studio lot, it's probably some private residence they happened to be near on a location shoot. Maybe calmly ask for someone to go nicely inform the kid's mom of the filming and ask for 10 minutes of less noise to shoot a scene, or talk to the director about shooting it elsewhere, or to come back later, or something.

Love his little "I probably should have gone to sulk in my trailer instead" nancy crap too. Whaaa. Or, you know, put stuff in perspective like an adult instead, Clayne, ya self-important bastard.

That's all pretty different to the earlier-cited safety concerns, which can actually be a real problem. But throwing a hissy-fit over background noise, given your particular ostensibly-major TV salary? Take a chill pill or go get a real job, dude.

And again, Wayans sounds no better. Act your age guys.

 

[Dr. Evil]

If you wanted to replace Crawford, do it with someone who is a better actor than him, but instead they replace him with Stiffler.

 

[Teelie]

No one involved in what happened comes off sounding good. They did an admirable job on the show of acting like friends, I'll give them that but off the set I would not want to be around either of them.

 

[Deck Rickard]

They should have Seann William Scott act like his Goon character. THAT might get me to watch the show.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

In the interview, he confirmed that Jordana Brewster won't be returning. I've also seen fans saying that they've heard the guy playing Det. Bowman is not returning, possibly due to him showing support for Crawford after he was fired. With so much cast turnover, I can't see this lasting past the initial 13 episodes ordered.

 

[Dark Raven]

In the interview, he confirmed that Jordana Brewster won't be returning. I've also seen fans saying that they've heard the guy playing Det. Bowman is not returning, possibly due to him showing support for Crawford after he was fired. With so much cast turnover, I can't see this lasting past the initial 13 episodes ordered.

I'm not surprised about Jordana. I thought in the first place she might not return, as I thought I saw she had some other gig elsewhere but can't find that now. And it's a pretty thankless role just sitting there as a counsellor when she could be doing much more than that. It's barely a role. And it was so attached to Riggs's character that what need would there be for her, unless they invented one that SWS now needs one too.

I also agree that I can't see it lasting very long. Which one was Det. Bowman btw?

And was the captain leaving as well? I thought Murtaugh was now captain and had replaced him. How is he back on the streets babysitting SWS?

 

[Dr. Evil]

So the only remaining cast members from the first season will be Wayans, Keesha Sharp and the actress who plays Bailey?

 

[Dark Raven]

What happened to that Hispanic guy who was a detective in the first season who looked more like a criminal or drug dealer and not remotely like a cop?

 

[Dr. Evil]

I didn't watch the season 2 premiere, so I don't know what happened to the Hispanic guy. He might have transferred.

 

[Dark Raven]

I didn't watch the season 2 premiere, so I don't know what happened to the Hispanic guy. He might have transferred.

I don't think they ever mentioned what happened. He just disappeared and that other guy took his place who looks like a more traditional series character. The Hispanic guy really looked like he had just come out of jail. He had a rather mean and scary look.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

I'm not surprised about Jordana. I thought in the first place she might not return, as I thought I saw she had some other gig elsewhere but can't find that now. And it's a pretty thankless role just sitting there as a counsellor when she could be doing much more than that. It's barely a role. And it was so attached to Riggs's character that what need would there be for her, unless they invented one that SWS now needs one too.

I also agree that I can't see it lasting very long. Which one was Det. Bowman btw?

And was the captain leaving as well? I thought Murtaugh was now captain and had replaced him. How is he back on the streets babysitting SWS?

Bowman was the white guy partnered with Det. Bailey and who Riggs and the others nicknamed the "B-Team" due both their last names starting with B's.

 

[Dark Raven]

Bowman was the white guy partnered with Det. Bailey and who Riggs and the others nicknamed the "B-Team" due both their last names starting with B's.

I see. He's the one who replaced the Hispanic guy who disappeared without any explanation. Not that I missed him at all.

 

[TheVileOne]

Making a Lethal Weapon TV show was a dumb idea from the word go.

 

[MurkeNyou]

Making a Lethal Weapon TV show was a dumb idea from the word go.

Yeah, have to admit, the BTS stuff really has little play to fans. I knew they missed the mark casting this guy as Martin Riggs.

 

[SPO2 Dalisay]

The recast with the PTSD suffering ex CIA Agent of chaos Cole worked for me. I dropped the second season, based on the third premiere I'm back in for now.
Did "I knew I should have retired" become the broadcast TV replacement for the classic Murtaugh line?

 

[Teelie]

He didn't utter it a lot before but given his original line that's probably the new catchphrase.

 

[Dark Raven]

Well Jordana Brewster is still in the show although I'm not sure what she'll have to do. I thought maybe she might become Murtaugh's therapist.

It's a different show now, although there are a few similarities. SWS said at the end that he can't replace Riggs, so he won't even try, but he wants to make this work and he needs a job. I wonder if that was meta.

I thought they would've moved on from Riggs though and barely acknowledged him, especially since it said 6 months later. I'm surprised they dwelt on him so long and had Roger chasing his killer still. That can't have been easy for Wayans to play given his dislike for Crawford.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Why does Michelle Hurd keep playing unlikable characters?

 

[SPO2 Dalisay]

Beyond Murtaugh and there is grief counselling for Cole who has PTSD.

But then when I google the subject I get that Jordana Brewster is with the same management as Crawford and is supposed to be leaving the show after that last drink.

As far a Michelle Hurd I remember her being replaced on air, sort of like Brewster just was, or was not, by Ice-T on L&O SVU. She does have a reoccurring role as Captain Grover's wife of H50 but I don't have any long term memories of her career.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Michelle Hurd's best role is as Grover's wife. She was in Daredevil Season Two prosecuting the Punisher.

Maybe it's just me, but when I saw Maggie Lawson I was thinking "so when are James Roday and Dule Hill showing up?"

 

[chamber-music]

Clayne Crawford is speaking his side of the story and it does not sound good.


Deadline

Honestly if the noise is that bad they should just done what they could and fixed up the dialogue in ADR/looping. Having to deal with background noise is part and parcel of filming in busy public locations

Waynes has a history of being a bit of a Diva at times. He got fired from SNL after 7 episodes due to going off script and he didn't get along with Bruce Willis on The Last Boy Scout (although everyone was fighting each other when they made that movie).