Além de Chandler Riggs, alguém comentou por que Jeffrey DeMunn deixou The Walking Dead?

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Além de Chandler Riggs, alguém comentou por que Jeffrey DeMunn deixou The Walking Dead?

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Como um fã obstinado do The Walking Dead , acompanhei as notícias sobre a saída repentina do produtor executivo / showrunner original do programa, Frank Darabont, enquanto eles estavam vazando na segunda temporada. Inicialmente, foi sugerido que Darabont tivesse desistido; Mais tarde, descobriu-se que ele havia sido demitido. Então eu ouvi relatos de que um dos atores, que não foi nomeado, mas identificado como alguém que havia trabalhado com Darabont antes, havia deixado o show em uma demonstração de solidariedade. Ainda não estava claro quem poderia ser, no entanto, porque pelo menos três atores no programa (Jeffrey DeMunn / Dale, Melissa McBride / Carol e Jon Berenthal / Shane) se encaixam nessa descrição.

Quando Dale morreu perto do final da segunda temporada - muito mais cedo do que ele nos quadrinhos - eu assumi que ele era o misterioso desistente. Mais recentemente, me deparei com um artigo que parece confirmar isso:

Chandler Riggs [who plays Carl] confirmed that actor Jeffrey DeMunn, who portrayed Dale Horvath on ”The Walking Dead”, quit the show. “After Darabont left, he was like ‘I’m out of here'.” As you might remember, showrunner Frank Darabont (“The Shawshank Redemption”) was unceremoniously fired by AMC last year. DeMunn, who was a regular in Darabont’s films (having roles in “The Green Mile,” “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Mist”) was crushed by Darabont’s firing and left after he was no longer involved with the show.
- The Cynical Optimist

Embora Chandler Riggs seja uma fonte interna e não tenha nenhuma razão aparente para mentir, ele tinha apenas 12 anos quando deu a entrevista na qual ele disse que DeMunn havia desistido, e é difícil imaginar o ator DeMunn de 65 anos de idade. levando um menino de 12 anos para sua confiança.

Alguém envolvido com o show, além de Chandler Riggs, disse que Jeffrey DeMunn saiu de The Walking Dead ? Obviamente, a fonte mais ideal seria o próprio DeMunn, mas um produtor, ou mesmo outro membro do elenco, seria suficiente.

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por Wad Cheber 09.10.2015 / 04:02

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Então estou terminando uma campanha… e agora? Lucas aplicou-se à Academia Imperial e falhou no teste?

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Frank Darabont declarou que DeMunn saiu devido a ações de executivos da AMC

No final de 2013, a IGN entrevistou Darabont sobre as circunstâncias por trás das cenas de The Walking Dead que levaram à partida de Darabont e à saída de membros do elenco incluindo Jeffrey DeMunn:

Were they [the AMC executives] simply not willing to provide the budget you needed in order to do what you needed to do?

DARABONT: The big crux of our argument was budget. If somebody comes and hands you the biggest hit you've ever had you don't just say, 'Okay, now we're going to cut your budgets by 25% across the board. And we don't give a s--t if you care, if you don't like it.' That's just...I don't even understand that kind of thinking. Or how much punishment it visits upon the people who are actually making the show, which was incredibly difficult to begin with. Cutting your resources by a quarter in the following season so they work even longer hours and under harder circumstances? It's inhuman. I'll write a book about this one day.

Did you ever have a debrief with the cast and crew? At the time, it seemed like everyone was really afraid to comment.

DARABONT: Oh yes, they were bullied, and threatened, and their livelihoods threatened, and there was some weight being thrown around. Like I said, I'll write a book. And there are a lot of people who will go on record. That are actually very keen to go on record, because like I said there are a lot of people who felt tremendously abused.

What were the conversations like? Jeffery DeMunn did end up leaving the show.

DARABONT: Yeah, Jeff didn't want to stick around. Because Jeff is a human being and he's got a tremendous...he doesn't need the work. He doesn't have a very extravagant lifestyle and he wants peace of mind in his life. He's a very good and decent man that way...

( Fonte - ênfase minha)

Portanto, parece que, pelo menos segundo Darabont, DeMunn partiu porque estava sendo exposto a um ambiente de trabalho hostil / injusto e não precisava do trabalho o bastante para aguentar isso.