Sylvester Stallone accused of calling actor 'bucket of lard'

The action icon has been accused of verbally abusing background actors on his latest project.

Sylvester Stallone accused of abusing cast and crew on set of Paramount+ drama tulsa kingsincluding referring to an extra as a “bucket of lard.”

The claim was made by the show's casting director, Rose Locke, who runs an Atlanta-based casting company called Catrett Locke Casting, which originally sourced supporting actors and extras for the show.

Rourke claimed that Stallone and the show's director, Craig Ziske, called extras “ugly,” “buckets of lard,” and called one actor a “fat guy with a cane.”

In a post on Facebook, the casting company announced they had “chosen to part ways with Tulsa King.” In the comments section of the post, a user who was an extra on set claimed that the man on crutches said the comment “hurt his soul.”

According to the post, Locke also claimed Loki and Rambo “Bring me some pretty young girls,” the creator said.

Stallone and Zisk both refuted the claims, telling TMZ Instead of being insulted as such, Rose resigned because she was being criticized for not doing her job well.

CL Casting’s Facebook post prompted a flurry of confessions from other background actors who had been on the set, while another casting company, Charleston SC Background Actors/Crew, posted a post that read: “Several The group is talking about what happened on the set tulsa kings Filmed in Atlanta. At first I hoped it was just a bad rumor spread by someone who might have felt a certain way; but it wasn't. But there were countless people on set who spoke about what they saw, how they were treated, and so on.

“Sadly, Sly Stallone and crew made things miserable for the background artists, with many saying the sets were completely unprofessional and a mess. While I personally haven't worked with Rose Locke and CL Casting…I have the utmost respect for them Quit the project and find their background artist.”

Julie Bensona television writer Star Trek: Prodigybut not affiliated with tulsa kingstweeted about the rumors.

101 Studios, the production company behind the show, is investigating the claims.

Rock's original social media post detailing the events that led to her company exiting production has since been deleted, but has since been reshared as a screenshot.

She wrote: “I was told something happened on Thursday…I came in the next day (Friday) to see what was going on.

“Ultimately I resigned because it was an obviously toxic environment and I was not comfortable putting myself or the background artists in it. I will finish next week and someone else will take over.

“I want to apologize for everything you've been through. I also want you to text me…what you experienced, saw or heard and I will send the information to Human Resources.”

Ziske not only denied the claim TMZbut accused Rock of not doing her job and being uncast.

Ziske claimed that the extras were supposed to take place in a “trendy, young bar,” with the planned cast being between 25 and 35 years old, but the actors were quite older.

He then told Rose Rock that she needed to submit photos of the extras — headshots — so they could resonate with the film's premise, but he said she responded, “I don't work that way.”

He claims he shot back, “This is how I work, and everyone I know works this way when it comes to casting.” Ziske said Rock responded, “Okay,” but bowed out after an hour .

He also denied that Stallone said anything about bringing “pretty girls” with him, adding that his wife, Jennifer Flavin, was present during filming.

tulsa kings It tells the story of a gangster who attempts to build a new criminal empire in Oklahoma after being released from prison.

Last season's showrunner Terrence Winter left the show after a conflict with executive producer Taylor Sheridan.

After the conflict, Stallone decided to rehire Sheridan for a second season.

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