That trainwreck New York Times interview with the cast of Arrested Development painted a clear picture of what filming Season 5 must have been like, and David Cross has provided even more alarming details. The actor hit up Jim Norton and Sam Roberts, hosts of SiriusXM's Jim & Sam Show, to discuss the chaotic behind-the-scenes atmosphere during production on the new season.
"It wasn't an easy shoot," he said, according to Indiewire. "It was not cool, for an actor, it was a difficult time, because ford myriad reasons I won't go into, we'd get a script, they weren't done. You'd get something at night, it'd be f--king pages and pages of stuff and then it would change later on that night. And then you'd get in in the morning, and you'd have two and a half new pages of long stuff."
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Cross went on to address the NYT interview in which Jessica Walter tearfully accused Jeffrey Tambour of verbal abuse. Her male co-stars were heavily criticized for talking over the actress while excusing Tambour's behavior. Bateman received most of the backlash for referring to Tambour's alleged abuse as a component of Tambour's acting process and has since apologized. Cross also issued an apology following the heated interview.
"I definitely get the criticism, I truly do," he said. "One of the lessons I've learned is, nobody gives a shit about your context. Nobody. If there's a crying woman in the room -- or whoever, if there's somebody crying -- nobody cares about your 'well, buts.'"
Because of the negative response to the notorious interview, Cross admitted he isn't so sure Netflix won't cancel the series. "I wouldn't say that I was one hundred percent solid that they wouldn't [cancel the show]," he added, noting that numerous press events were canceled after that interview.
Netflix has yet to renew the series for Season 6.
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