Faye Dunaway fired from Broadway-bound play 'Tea at Five'
Faye Dunaway has been fired from a Broadway-bound production of the one-woman play Tea at Five. The 78-year-old Oscar-winning star of Network was playing Katharine Hepburn in the show, which had recently concluded a three-week run in Boston before it was due to transfer to New York.
On Wednesday, the producers Ben Feldman and Scott Beck announced in a statement that they would no longer be working with Dunaway.“The producers of Tea at Five announced today that they have terminated their relationship with Faye Dunaway,” the statement read. “Plans are in development for the play to have its West End debut early next year with a new actress to play the role of Katharine Hepburn.”
The exact reasoning behind Dunaway’s removal has not been confirmed but sources told the New York Post that the actor had been difficult to work with, fostering a “hostile” work environment and there had been allegations of an altercation with a crew member. Rumours of problematic behaviour have dogged Dunaway for much of her career. Bette Davis said she was the worst person she had ever worked with, calling her “totally impossible, a gigantic pain in the ass”.
Representatives for Dunaway and the production have yet to comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/25/faye-dunaway-broadway-play-fired-tea-at-five
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