Reality Feature on the ABC News iOS App Helps Fans Celebrate the FestivitiesĪnnounced today special coverage of the royal wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan He’s been renovating an old-fashioned brew pub into a modern-sleek mixology joint and has hired Dex’s brother as his sole employee.‘GMA’ Saturday, May 19 (5:00-10:00 a.m., ET) From Windsor, EnglandĪnchored by Muir Air Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19 The role played by Webber in the pilot, which will be recast, is Grey McConnell, Dex’s best friend who has an unrequited crush on her. Her military intelligence skills make her a great P.I., but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police. So far this upfront, we have recastings on three newly picked up series (the CW drama Nancy Drew, in which Scott Wolf is replacing Freddie Prinze Jr., the ABC comedy Mixed-ish, which is recasting Anders Holm, and ABC’s Cobie Smulders drama.) UNTITLED COBIE SMULDERS PROJECT – “Pilot” ABC/David Bukachīased on the Stumptown graphic novel series, The Cobie Smulders pilot, written by Jason Richman and directed by James Griffiths, follows Dex Parios (Smulders), a strong, assertive, and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt, and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. Recastings are virtually inevitable when the networks rush to cast and shoot 70+ pilots within a two-month window, racing against a deadline while competing for talent with the other broadcasters as well as cable and streaming networks. I wish the writers, producers and cast nothing but love. I feel sad that by expressing my own bad experience with the show I was fired from, that it could interfere with the positive experience the actors & creatives that are still on the show should be having. UPDATE: After Deadline’s story came out, Webber posted the following note: Learning to deal with failure is one of the most important lessons you’ll deal with in your life. “I’ve never been fired before and certainly not publicly,” he wrote. “Right now I want to run. After sleeping on the news, the next day he wrote a dignified, thoughtful and inspiring Instagram post about his dismissal that provides a window into what actors in that position go through, the mixed emotions involved, as well as the inevitable element of self-doubt that creeps in. Probably the most eloquent and inspiring take on the matter I’ve seen came from Brothers & Sisters alum Dave Annable after he was recast on the newly picked up CBS drama The Code last May. He probably should’ve used a better choice of words but the pain for actors is real as they go through the rollercoaster of emotions of finding out that their pilot is being picked up to series but they are being replaced. Webber likely was still very upset and angry when he wrote the slew of tweets, which include an expletive, as they were posted on Tuesday night, before the series pickup was announced by ABC on Wednesday and likely right after he had gotten the news. I know a lot of us men generally stay silent with our challenges in this arena.” He then also took a shot at indie films. Webber, who is probably best known for his starring role in Snow Day and has done a slew of indie movies but very little TV, went on to vent how “the executive determined my look on the show” and about “the way this industry has contributed to women hating their bodies is just ONE of the many things I’ve abhorred for so long. These ‘executive’ decisions are why network tv is dying.” What the spin will be? Probably none as I’ve already been deemed insignificant by them. “I’m so curious how they’re going to frame this in their upfront announcement. It’s important for me to share the real pain we endure in this industry,” he wrote Tuesday night. “Look, I’m a straight white male so I know my journey has been way less painful in this warped industry, but I’m being recast in a network television show because I’m not handsome enough for the executives. Webber did not take the news lightly, sharing his “pain” in a series of tweets, which provide a glimpse into the agony actors who are subject to network recastings go through. According to sources, the character is being taken in a different direction.
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