lot in Burbank, Calif.) Filming of the scene, which featured Crawford’s Martin Riggs attempting to talk down a man holding a gun to his own head, stretched on for hours as crew struggled to properly lock down the set. (“Lethal Weapon” is shot primarily on the Warner Bros. In October, during the filming of episode nine, also directed by Laneuville, Crawford grew increasingly frustrated while filming a scene at a public pool in Los Angeles. One actor told producers after the first day of shooting episode five that they no longer wished to work on future episodes directed by Laneuville, who also declined to comment for this story. Sources said Laneuville was uncomfortable with the assertiveness with which actors made suggestions regarding dialogue and blocking, and their desire to improvise while filming. He also helmed seven episodes of Wayans’ family multicamera comedy “My Wife and Kids” more than a decade ago.ĭuring filming of Season 2’s fifth episode, Laneuville butted heads with multiple actors, including Crawford. Law,” “Lost,” “Black Lightning,” and dozens of other series.
But on-set tension first began to escalate months earlier in August, during the second of two episodes directed by Eric Laneuville.Ī television veteran, Laneuville has directed episodes of “L.A. That conversation and the explosive argument that followed occurred during the filming of Season 2’s 20th episode, just weeks before shooting wrapped for the season. Just moments before the two actors shot a scene together, they exchanged profane insults, with Crawford telling Wayans, “You’re the biggest crybaby p-y I’ve ever met in my life,” and Wayans responding, “Well suck this p–y’s d–k.” One virulent exchange from March caught on the actors’ microphones and captured in a video provided to Variety (see above) exemplifies Crawford and Wayans’ fraught relationship. is cleaning house, parting ways with a number of below-the-liners viewed as loyal to Crawford.Ĭrawford and Wayans declined to comment for this story, as did representatives for Warner Bros. Behind the scenes, “Lethal Weapon” had descended into chaos, grinding production to a halt on multiple occasions, splitting the crew into factions, and creating an environment so toxic that by season’s end, Pinkerton security guards were present on set at all times to ensure that disagreements would not deteriorate into physical violence.
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fired Crawford, replacing him with Seann William Scott and securing a season-three renewal from Fox.īut interviews with 31 people who worked on the series and spoke anonymously with Variety - not to mention a pair of never-before-seen on-set videos - reveal the full extent of the animosity between Crawford and Wayans. That conflict, which had begun to spill into public view on their respective social media accounts, appeared to be resolved in May, when producer Warner Bros. For two seasons, Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans played buddy cops on the Fox Broadcasting drama series “ Lethal Weapon.” But behind the scenes, the two stars were anything but friendly.
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