Armie Hammer gained’t be becoming a member of The Provide, the Paramount Plus sequence concerning the making of the basic 1972 characteristic The Godfather.
Hammer was to play producer Al Ruddy within the ten episode sequence about his expertise on the Paramount movie. Reportedly the sequence is now in want of a lead.
The is the third mission Hammer has left within the wake of a social media scandal two weeks in the past wherein salacious messages, allegedly from him, hit social media. On Jan. 13, Hammer exited the Lionsgate film Shotgun Wedding ceremony. Josh Duhamel is in talks to fill in for him within the Jennifer Lopez film.
We then heard on the identical day that Hammer had quietly left the star-studded solid of Gaslit, the Sam Esmail-produced Watergate sequence for UCP, which additionally stars Julia Roberts, Sean Penn and Joel Edgerton. Hammer obtained hooked up to Gaslit in February however had a scheduling battle with The Provide. His function in Gaslit is being recast.
The actor mentioned in an announcement following the Shotgun Wedding ceremony departure, “I’m not responding to those bullshit claims however in mild of the vicious and spurious on-line assaults towards me, I can not in good conscience now depart my youngsters for 4 months to shoot a movie within the Dominican Republic. Lionsgate is supporting me on this and I’m grateful to them for that.”
Selection first had the information at present about Hammer leaving The Provide.
Paramount TV didn’t reply to a number of inquiries by Deadline about Hammer leaving the sequence.