After “Euphoria” actor Lukas Gage’s awkward audition video went viral, TV director Tristram Shapeero has come forward as the man who’s voice appears in the clip, and as in the video, says how “mortified” he is by his comments.
Shapeero, who has directed episodes of “Community,” “Veep,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Never Have I Ever” across a 20-year career, revealed that the Zoom call between Gage and himself took place in August after four months of lockdown, but Gage only now shared his PSA for “s— talking directors” last week.
“First and foremost I offer Mr. Gage a sincere and unvarnished apology for my offensive words, my unprofessional behavior during the audition and for not giving him the focus and attention he deserved,” Shapeero wrote in a letter in Deadline. “My job is to evaluate performers against the part I am trying to cast. Lukas deserved better.”
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Shapeero, who has directed episodes of “Community,” “Veep,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Never Have I Ever” across a 20-year career, revealed that the Zoom call between Gage and himself took place in August after four months of lockdown, but Gage only now shared his PSA for “s— talking directors” last week.
“First and foremost I offer Mr. Gage a sincere and unvarnished apology for my offensive words, my unprofessional behavior during the audition and for not giving him the focus and attention he deserved,” Shapeero wrote in a letter in Deadline. “My job is to evaluate performers against the part I am trying to cast. Lukas deserved better.”
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- 11/24/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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