Hugo Speer, star of The Full Monty, has been fired from a Disney + reboot series of the hit film following allegations of “misconduct.”
The 53-year-old English actor had been hired to reprise the role of Guy, alongside former co-stars, including Robert Carlyle as Gaz and Lesley Sharp as Jean, 25 years after the premiere of 1997 Bafta winning film about a group of unemployed people. Sheffield men creating a striptease act.
But after an investigation, Disney + said it had been fired from the follow-up series.
The streaming service said: “Recently, we were informed of allegations of misconduct by Hugo Speer on the set of a commissioned production.
“As it is political, an investigation was initiated. At the end of it, the decision was made to terminate his contract, with immediate effect.”
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A spokesman for Speer, who is married to writer Vivienne Harvey, told the Times he denied the allegations and planned to challenge them. The spokesman did not immediately respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.
The program, set in post-industrial Sheffield, will follow the original characters for eight episodes amid struggles with deteriorating health, education and employment systems.
The original film, which had a budget of just £ 2.8 million, grossed £ 207 million worldwide. For a time, it was the highest grossing film in the UK until it was overshadowed by the Titanic.
More recently, Speer has appeared in the BBC’s Father Brown remake and as Lucius in the drama Britannica, produced by Sky Atlantic and Amazon Prime.