In a recent Hollywood Reporter article, insiders detailed the alleged reasons behind the star’s abrupt exit
executive producer Jeffrey Reiner and others. Reiner allegedly showed Dunham a graphic image and tried to persuade her to get Wilson to “show her tits, or at least some vag” on the show.
Representatives for Wilson and Dunham did not immediately return PEOPLE’s requests for comment earlier this week, and Cleta Ellington, who is a longtime associate of Reiner’s and an assistant director on the show, recalled the conversation to be different than what was described in the“When I heard about the incident, I came back to New York and tried to figure out what actually happened,” Treem wrote, adding, “I repeatedly urged Showtime to do something.
“Alison needed to go,” Treem explained. “But for a character to disappear, on a show like this, she needed to die. She couldn’t just walk away into the sunset because we followed our characters wherever they went. I could have written that she got hit by a bus in the first episode, but I loved her character and wanted to finish her story meaningfully.”Treem concluded her column: “As in many things, it is very tough to be a woman and do this job.
In a statement to PEOPLE earlier this week, Showtime claimed to have “a safe environment for [actors] to do their best work.” “When confronted with a report of inappropriate behavior involving anyone within our offices or productions, we immediately initiate a process overseen by our compliance team in the case of our own shows, or in the case of series we license from others, we collaborate closely with the relevant production studio. In the instances thatAdvertisement
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