It’s Not Too Late To Recast T.J. Miller in Deadpool 2
Fox’s Deadpool 2 should recast and replace T.J. Miller as Weasel in the wake of sexual assault allegations made against the actor. Ever since The New York Times published a piece exposing decades worth of sexual misconduct accusations against producer Harvey Weinstein, the landscape of such allegations surfacing in Hollywood has changed. We’re in an unprecedented moment where victims of sexual harassment and assault feel more comfortable coming forward than ever before. Whereas powerful men in the industry would have been able to shake off these kinds of allegations after a certain amount of time even just a year ago, those who have faced accusations since Weinstein are additionally facing career consequences.
Weinstein was fired from The Weinstein Company, the production company he co-founded, in addition to being expelled from organizations like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Louis C.K.’s film I Love You, Daddy was dropped by its distributor and he was removed from a number of projects after he admitted to exposing himself to multiple women. In one of the more high-profile instances, Kevin Spacey was removed from All the Money in the World by director Ridley Scott after the actor was accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old Anthony Rapp when Spacey was 26.
In recent weeks, Deadpool actor T.J. Miller was accused of sexual assault, which he and his wife, Kate, denied in a joint statement. Shortly after the accusations were made public, Comedy Central cancelled Miller’s puppet talk show series The Gorburger Show – though a representative for the network later said it had nothing to do with the allegations. In terms of whether the actor would be removed from the 20th Century Fox X-Men universe sequel, though, producer Lauren Shuler Donner revealed Miller won’t be recast for Deadpool 2.
Donner did leave the door open for Fox, or new studio Disney (which acquired a number of 21st Century Fox assets late last year, including the company’s film studio), to potentially write out or recast Miller’s Weasel in future Deadpool movies. But, it’s not too late to recast T.J. Miller in Deadpool 2.
