Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 03:30:54 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Cating Agency Quits TULSA KING Over Stallone's Mocking of Extras Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <1769890390.734556067.728640.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <17c55aa00fdc8490$38143$3340453$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 201 Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!s1-1.netnews.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:30:55 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 7557 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c5c9bf04d98c4b$25326$3349862$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 7875 On 4/12/24 9:34 AM, FPP wrote: > On 4/11/24 6:34 PM, moviePig wrote: >> On 4/11/2024 3:38 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>> It didn’t bother Thomas Mooneyham that he saw Sylvester Stallone >>>> glancing more >>> than once at him or how he was asked to leave a bar scene so he could be >>> replaced with a younger cowboy and a "good-looking cowgirl". >>>> >>>> What upset the 53-year-old Tennessee man who drove four hours on >>>> April 4 to >>> serve as an extra on the Paramount+ series TULSA KING was learning >>> how one >>> of >>> the background actors was allegedly described by Stallone as a "tub of >>> lard" >>> and "fat guy with a cane". He never heard Stallone or the director >>> utter >>> disparaging words about background actors that day but he's convinced >>> some >>> of >>> those comments were directed at him personally after he read about >>> them on >>> a >>> private Facebook page for BG actors. >>>> >>> >>> So there’s no evidence that any of this happened at all, it’s just a >>> rumor >>> on the Facebook. >>> >>> >>>> "I was seated at a table with another gentleman, like we were >>>> listening to the >>> band," recalls Mooneyham, who tells Deadline that he uses a cane >>> because of >>> bone-on bone pain in his knee. "Stallone's table with the other main >>> characters was diagonal from ours, about 12 feet away. I did notice >>> that he >>> looked at me a time or two >>> >>> Gasp! >>> >>> >>> and he talked with, I guess, the director and >>> laughed with him and all. But I didn't put anything together. Then we >>> were >>> moved from the scene and replaced with the younger cowboy and a good >>> looking >>> cowgirl. Now does that bother me? Not in the least. What bothers me >>> is that >>> somebody overheard him and the director. It ain't even the part that >>> I am >>> fat. >>> >>> Or ain’t speak proper English >>> >>> >>> I wasn't the only big one that was there. But I do feel like I was >>> singled >>> out >>> because they said 'old tub of lard with the cane'. I was the only one >>> there >>> with the cane." >>>> >>>> Mooneyham is speaking out about his 12-hour day on the Atlanta set >>>> of the >>> series that led to the resignation of Rose Locke Casting, a local >>> company >>> hired to find background actors for Season 2 of the Stallone series. >>> Deadline >>> first broke the story on Monday; reps for the Paramount+ show and >>> Stallone >>> have yet to comment. >>>> >>>> Locke told her clients that she left the series because of disparaging >>> language allegedly used by Stallone to describe the extras-- >>> >>> That she had miscast >>> >>> >>> an accusation >>> that director Craig Zisk denied to TMZ after Deadline broke the >>> story. Zisk >>> told the outlet that Locke failed to do her job by not recruiting >>> extras in >>> the 20s and 30s range for a scene involving a hip bar. >>>> >>>> A source close to the show told Deadline Wednesday that producers were >>> concerned about matching scenes from last season, which led to >>> differences >>> of >>> opinion over casting. Producers apparently have talked to the cast >>> and crew >>> about the situation and emphasized their commitment to fostering an >>> inclusive >>> work environment. >>>> >>>> Mooneyham says the set he was working on that day was the >>>> Bred-2-Buck Bar, a >>> fictitious Tulsa saloon that's owned by Stallone's character Dwight >>> Manfredi >>> in the series. "That's not a young hipster bar that other people >>> are trying to >>> make it out to be," he said. "That is just an old roughneck cowboy >>> country >>> bar. And the name of the bar, here's my point, is Bred-2-Buck. Tell >>> me how >>> many old bronco-riding cowboys who are old and who are not hobbled or >>> crippled? How would a gentleman with a cane not fit into that? But >>> the main >>> thing is my cane was not even visible in the scene. I had it hidden >>> behind >>> my >>> body." >>>> >>> >>> Which was it difficult as his body is three times the diameter it >>> should be >>> >>> >>>> Before Mooneyham came to work that day, he considered it a dream gig >>>> because >>> TULSA KING is a series that he and his son watch together. A tax >>> specialist >>> by >>> day for H&R Block, Mooneyham has been working for two years as an >>> extra and >>> has already booked several films and TV shows, including a two-day >>> gig on >>> the >>> upcoming film CIVIL WAR. >>>> >>>> "When I worked on CIVIL WAR two years ago, I weighed 390 pounds. I >>>> could >>> barely walk," recalls Mooneyham, who appears briefly in the movie's >>> official >>> trailer. "I had to use a mobility scooter but not a one of 'em on >>> set said >>> anything about it to me or made a fuss about it. The producers went >>> out of >>> the >>> way to help me get my scooter loaded into the van." >>>> >>>> He says his experience on TULSA KING was a far cry from what his >>>> experienced >>> on the motion picture. "I don't understand. I know there was all this >>> talk >>> about older folks. Older, too old. How does he justify that we are >>> too old >>> when he’s 20-some years older than we are? I'm 53 years old. Stallone is >>> 77. >>> How the hell am I too old?" >>>> >>> >>> Too old, too stupid, too fat >>> >>> >>>> "I've experienced nothing like this before," says Mooneyham, who >>>> adds he >>> doesn’t fault the casting director. He also has no plans to quit doing >>> background work. >>>> >>>> "Some people say I'm thin-skinned. >>> >>> Of course, he’s thin skinned. His skin is stretched out to cover an area >>> three times larger than it was ever intended to. >>> >>> >>> >>> People think that I'm making a fuss. I >>> never made a fuss until Rose contacted me about it," >>> >>> >>> And now you’re making a fuss. Which is why people think you’re making a >>> fuss. >>> >>> >>> says Mooneyham. "My >>> feelings got hurt a little. But you know what? I'm more pissed than ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========