Actress Sydney Chandler was quietly pulled from Selection’s journal cowl after she raised eyebrows along with her habits on the press tour for FX’s big-budget “Alien: Earth” sequence.
Chandler, the daughter of Emmy-winning “Friday Night Lights” star Kyle Chandler, was solid within the lead position of the blockbuster sci-fi sequence.
However within the lead-up to the anticipated drop on August 12, the 29-year-old reportedly ruffled the feathers of a number of Selection staffers when she refused to take part in a filmed Q&A phase alongside co-star Timothy Olyphant, 57, and showrunner Noah Hawley, 58.
In an article launched by the publication on Wednesday, Selection claimed that Chandler’s reps had reached out the day earlier than the scheduled shoot to say she was not “willing to participate” within the video.
Her group expressed that she had little interest in sitting down with “two older men” for a sport of “How Well Do They Know Each Other?”
Being receptive to her considerations, Selection mentioned it. supplied the actress with a listing of questions that the phase accommodates forward of time, and had requested Chandler to reply with a listing of questions she felt comfy with.
The choice proposals her group had later despatched by weren’t accepted by Selection. The publication’s Editor-in-Chief, Ramin Setoodeh, then determined to take away her from the quilt shoot altogether.
In emails and textual content messages exchanged between FX, Selection and Chandler’s publicists, the group allegedly had additionally tried negotiating a approach for Chandler to shoot the quilt the next day.
However as a substitute, the actress had pulled out as soon as once more after her publicist claimed that she was “very sick.”
Hawley, an Emmy winner finest recognized for creating FX sequence “Fargo” and “Legion,” informed Selection that he was “disappointed” within the main girl’s habits.
“The show is built around Sydney’s character, and the work she did as a professional was tremendous,” he informed the outlet.
“I’m disappointed that my female-centric show, based on a female-facing franchise, does not have my lead actress on the cover. It felt awkward to be there with Tim [Olyphant] without her.”
In a follow-up interview with the publication, Chandler insisted that she’s “just a private person” who’s “new to press.”
“It’s a bit out of my comfort zone,” she informed them. “I was more than happy to talk about anything and everything about the show; that’s what I’m here to promote.”
The Put up has reached out to FX, Selection and Chandler for remark.
