nicole beharie on life after sleepy hollow: i was blacklisted

[numara]

Being a black woman means you’ll get black listed for something out of your control while your coworker gets babied for the same exact issue https://t.co/HmUwOAaf3a
- 🦴kim☆。・ (@notbbyplantain) January 12, 2021

- for those who never watched, nicole was considered the lead of sleepy hollow with tom mison as her sidekick/co-lead. in 2016, both

Comments

[screamingintune]

I didn't care for this show, but it was utterly ridiculous that they basically tanked the actual STAR OF THE SHOW. I didn't realize it was because of an illness, that makes it so much worse. People can't help getting sick, and to blacklist someone over it? The outrage.

She was the far more interesting star. Mison imo was dull as all get out

[shahrazade_bard]

they basically tanked the actual STAR OF THE SHOW

And tanked the show right along with her by writing her out. It's not exactly enough in the way of justice but I'm at least glad the show got what it deserved after firing the only compelling character.

I thought Ichabod was adorable and fun to watch, but only because of his interactions with Abbie. The minute she was gone, bam, nothing.

[angriest_girl]

Yeah, he was great with her because they had chemistry but when it was him and Katrina that actress just dragged him down into her chemistry vacuum with her and he was pretty terrible.

[villanellesalt]

He was funny in a fish-out-of-water context that could be played by anyone/character. She was responsible for the show's entire personality. It's not easy to make a common detective interesting without going overboard, and she managed to do it.

[needaccount]

I remember she talked about this before too. It's really heartbreaking. She absolutely was the center of the show and it became very obvious when no one watched the show after she left. And she's right that all the actors of color were viewed as expendable. I remember I and so many viewers were excited by the diverse cast when the show first started, but it seemed like everyone was leaving one by one.

Mama was a great episode, but I'm so saddened that she was suffering through it. They should have halted production, point blank! I think this really ties into the concept that people minimize the pain and sickness of black women, though this time the bias was perpetrated by the producers and not the health professionals.

[lubed]

Hope she gets her oscar nod

[richyrich909]

I remember her speaking about this before. Fuck them and their mistreatment. I hope she’s doing better health-wise.

[evilenne]

I saw a tiktok from her body double on set. She said that Nicole was a terror.

[lipstickbitches]

Came here to comment that too. Didn’t Nicole bite her, too? I can’t remember the specifics

[evilenne]

She said Nicole bit her hairdresser. She also got the girl replaced as her stand in because she was "too dark" and got a light skinned girl to replace her.

[chllschse]

People were talking about that LSA. The woman who made the claim is or was apparently friends with Lyndie, so I’m skeptical. She also claims Nicole had her fired (as a body body) and replaced with a biracial. Considering it’s obvious how little pull Nicole had on set, I remain skeptical about the claims.