Sara Gilbert and Aisha Tyler, who both worked with Kiefer Sutherland, defend his professionalism in reaction to Freddie Prinze Jr. saying that Sutherland was “the most unprofessional dude in the world” and almost made him quit acting.
Sarah Gilbert (played Paula Schaeffer in 24 Season 2):
“I worked with Kiefer on 24 and he was amazing, so polite, always there for our scenes. So when [Freddie] says everyone had that experience, it’s just not true.”
Aisha Tyler (played Marianne Taylor in 24 Season 4):
“I worked on 24 as well, I had exactly the same experience. In fact there were days where our characters had phone conversations, and he would come in. He didn’t have to shoot that day at all and he would come in to read his off-camera lines which never happens on a show; usually you have some stand-in or an assistant do that. He was incredibly present, so polite, sweet to everybody, knew everyones name.”
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Comments ClosedTJ
July 28, 2014 at 10:17 pmXAM
July 28, 2014 at 10:43 pmCarolynne
July 28, 2014 at 10:53 pmXAM
July 28, 2014 at 11:13 pmTheGestaltist
July 29, 2014 at 6:24 amTelly
July 29, 2014 at 12:37 pm“Denny Crane”
“Donny Crane.”
24bauerfan
July 30, 2014 at 4:42 pmIf that’s the best he can pull off, I feel sorry for him. That performance was terrible and really brought down an already weak season 8 for me (even though I really like that second half, especially the final 8 episodes)
Tran
July 28, 2014 at 10:24 pmrwhiting
July 28, 2014 at 10:32 pmHave to say, Freddie Prinze Jr.’s character was very, very weak in season eight, and his strained New York accent pretty embarrassing. Perhaps he thought he was destined for more on the show? That maybe there was some expectation from him that he would eventually replace Kiefer — or at least be at equal with him on the show? Maybe appearing in only one season ticked him off.
susan york
July 28, 2014 at 10:54 pmCarolynne
July 28, 2014 at 10:56 pmWouldntYouLikeToKnow
July 28, 2014 at 11:22 pmXAM
July 28, 2014 at 11:27 pmChlojack
July 28, 2014 at 11:32 pmBrad
July 28, 2014 at 11:51 pmXAM
July 29, 2014 at 3:01 amshafagh
July 29, 2014 at 3:30 amChlojack
July 29, 2014 at 3:03 pmhttp://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kiefer-sutherlands-costar-louis-lombardi-weighs-in-on-freddie-prinze-2014297
J. Bauer
July 29, 2014 at 3:15 pmI wonder how Sarah Michelle Gellar feels about all of this.
J. Bauer
July 29, 2014 at 3:24 pm“According to Prinze, the experience was so bad he wanted to quit the business. Rare though this kind of honesty is among actors, Prinze is not the first person to speak up about Sutherland being difficult to work with. Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo claims in her memoir that Sutherland was angry, hard to work with and likely responsible for her role ending on the show.”
Kiki Vanderway
July 29, 2014 at 5:03 pmAlso both seem to think they had been promised more than they got and lay the blame on Kiefer and only Kiefer which really doesn’t translate into believability especially with this show’s MO of offing actors left and right.
You have to ask whether these disgruntled actors are just plain stupid. Did they never watch the show ?
Did their agents inflate their egos by telling them they were important and this would lead to more work?
I’m sure that there are legitimate complaints to be made and that it’s not all sweetness and light on set actors are moody and insecure and I’m sure there are bad patches but by and large it seems mostly sour grapes by just a few
JG
July 30, 2014 at 8:49 amKiki Vanderway
July 30, 2014 at 10:58 amThe artist formerly know as Prinze is not going to come out of this well even if he had a legitimate bone to pick he simply comes off like a petty has been/never was kind of loser.
It’s interesting no one has backed up his claims that Kiefer was drunk and held production up for hours on set each day…it’s also interesting that no one from Day 8 has come out to support Kiefer yet either… Hollywood is doing the duck and cover here…
Chloé
July 29, 2014 at 5:44 pmRonnieTheC
July 29, 2014 at 6:05 pm