Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 16:08:40 -0400 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> <17c5e292e6e7ccaf$12785$4052113$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> <17c5ee1015f93c01$751$2044614$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: <17c5ee1015f93c01$751$2044614$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 221 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.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 20:08:42 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 8742 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c5efd2ed4e684b$56199$3349862$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 9123 On 4/13/2024 3:36 PM, trotsky wrote: > On 4/13/24 11:05 AM, moviePig wrote: >> On 4/13/2024 3:33 AM, trotsky wrote: >>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========