Director and executive producer of the series King of Tulsa Craig Zysk denied recent accusations aside Sylvester Stallone that the actor allegedly created a toxic atmosphere on the set of the series and insulted supporting actors.
Let me remind you that the casting agency Rose Locke Casting recently accused the actor of inappropriate behavior. Extras complained about the toxic atmosphere on the set, as well as insults from Stallone. According to them, Stallone criticized the extras for being ugly, called them pieces of lard, and also demanded that he be surrounded by pretty young girls.
According to Zisk, no such insults actually occurred. Agency employees, in principle, were not on the set on the day of the supposed meeting, and they incorrectly hired extras: it was assumed that the shooting would take place in a trendy young bar, which is why it was planned to attract actors aged 25 to 35 years, but the actors whom They took the role and were much older.
The director says he ultimately decided to use the actors he sent anyway, as long as they were polite and did their jobs. The agency did arrive on set the next day, and Zisk says he told them the company would have to provide photographs of the extras so he and the other producers could make sure the actors lived up to their creative vision this time around. The company refused the director, saying that “they don’t work like that.” Zisk told them that this is how he works, and everyone he knows works this way when casting extras. According to him, the agency employees simply left after an hour.
Zisk also denied the claim that Sly allegedly wanted beautiful girls around him, and noted that the actor’s wife Jennifer Flavin was present on the set during filming.
Apparently, the agency decided to cover up its failure in casting extras, which led to the termination of the contract with their agency, in such a simple way – by blaming Stallone on social networks and trying to cancel the actor because of his alleged toxicity and insults to the extras. But unlike other similar cases, this time the director immediately stood up for the actor and clarified the situation.
