Frank Langella fired from Netflix show
Actor facing misconduct investigation
Actor Frank Langella was fired from his leading role in “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a Netflix miniseries based on works by Edgar Allan Poe, after a misconduct investigation.
His firing was reported by Deadline. Netflix declined to comment, but a person familiar with the matter, who was granted anonymity because she was not authorized to discuss the investigation, confirmed the account Thursday.
Langella was removed from the series, which is in the middle of production, after officials determined that the actor had been involved in unacceptable conduct on set, Deadline reported. The production plans to recast Langella’s role as Roderick, the reclusive patriarch of the Usher family, and reshoot the scenes in which he had already appeared. The series also stars Carla Gugino, Mary Mcdonnell and Mark Hamill, among others.
A spokesperson for Langella and the show’s creator, Mike Flanagan, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Langella, 84, known for his performances both on screen and onstage, shot to fame in the title role of the 1979 film “Dracula” after starring in a Broadway production as the count. He also played President Richard Nixon in both the stage and screen versions of “Frost/ Nixon,” earning an Oscar nomination as well as a Tony Award for best actor in a play in
2007. Recently, Langella appeared as the judge in the Netflix film “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”