Editor’s Note: On April 13, Deadline broke the story that Frank Langella had been fired as the lead of the Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher after an investigation into an alleged unacceptable conduct on set, including sexual harassment toward the actress playing his wife.
At the time, we reached out to the Oscar-nominated actor for comment. Here is his reaction to the dismissal, written as a guest column.I have been canceled.
Just like that.In the increasing madness that currently pervades our industry, I could not have imagined that the words collateral damage would fall upon my shoulders.
They have brought with them a weight I had not expected to bear in the closing decades of my career. And along with it has come an unanticipated sense of grave danger.On April 14 of this year, I was fired by Netflix for what they determined to be unacceptable behavior on set.
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