Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: A clip from an online audition shared recently by actor Lukas Gage quickly went viral and made waves in Hollywood.
Now the director heard in the video, Tristram Shapeero, is coming forward and taking responsibility.British-born Shapeero, writing exclusively for Deadline, provides his account of the infamous audition, apologizes to Gage and provides context for some of the wording in his “insensitive remarks.” The prolific TV director, who has worked on such series as The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Never Have I Ever, also explains why he decided to speak out and what he will take away from the Zoom debacle.
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