Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 03:24:59 -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: <17c55aa00fdc8490$38143$3340453$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 191 Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:25:00 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 7197 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c5c96c63d24603$25322$3349862$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 7577 On 4/11/24 5:34 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 hurt. >> And >> it's just because of my disability." >>> >> >> Disability? You’re unable to stop shoving the Cheetos down your face 24/7 >> and your claiming it as a disability? ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========