Ancient Star Teen Show Show Creator was "Malogynistic and Scary"

Sophia Bush just has a light on the misconduct that has occurred during a hill of a tree.


It is not surprising that the most successfulTeen shows are so important for their basic audience. They are linked to a formative and complicated time in the lives of viewers and are often looked at with a lot of nostalgia. Unfortunately, when it comes to the drama of the 2000sA hill treeThere is also a shadow hanging on it. In 2017,VarietyPublished an open letter signed by 18 members of the cast iron and members of the crew alleging thatA hill treeCreator of 'Mark Schwahn Engaged in a sextal harassment scheme and threatening his colleagues and that it was an "open secret" on the whole. In a recent podcast interview, actorsSophia BushandCraig ShefferOpen further on the presumed behavior of Schwahn,With a bush indicating, byVariety, that the showrunner was "controlling and raw and misogynistic and scary". Read it to find out what old co-stars revealed.

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The charges did not come out publicly before afterA hill treeended.

Robert Buckley, Mark Schwahn, and Sophia Bush in 2011
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A hill treeRAN for nine seasons from 2003 to 2012. And while the open letter about Schwahn (photo above) says that his alleged misconduct was a common knowledge of all, his colleagues of women did not appear before A few years after the final of the series. The distribution and crew that signed the letter were motivated to talk about support and solidarity after one of the writers of the show,Audrey Wauchope, made accusations of harassment against Schwahn (however, without appointing him) on his personal Twitter account.

The letter claims that women working on the show have been "psychologically manipulated and emotionally" of Schwahn ", were asked in positions where [physically dangerous," and were discouraged to move forward because he " would result in a cancellation of our show and hundreds of charming, qualified, difficult and talented people lose their jobs. "

Some detailed theHarassment and misconduct They lived atVariety, including starsHilarie Burton, who claimed that Schwahn assaulted him several times andDanneel Ackles, who told instances in which Schwahn came to his hotel room and his house and asked to see her. Male and female writers reported Schwahn making inappropriate jokes, which die jokes, as well as sexual progress, in the writer hall.

Schwahn was drawn from his new show.

Merritt Patterson, Alexandra Park, Mark Schwahn, Damien Hurley and Elizabeth Hurley in 2015
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At the moment when the accusations because the public, Schwahn worked on another show he created,The royals, a! Drama revolving around a fictitious royal family. A few days after the publication of the open letter, the companies of the show published a declarationSchwahn had been suspended allow an investigation. About a month later, Lionsgate distributedanother statement announcing: "We concluded that our investigation and that Mark will not come back toThe royals. "AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In the middle of the suspension,RoyalsactorAlexandra Parkanswered on social media. "I am devastated to admit to myself, to my colleagues and to this industry as me too, has been exposed to this reprehensible behavior," she tweeted, as indicated byVariety. Another open letter, this time women working on the new Schwahn show, quickly followed. He read, in part, "became a too apparent reading [theA hill treeStatement of cast and crew] this week this week than betrayal and anger if many of us had known during our time onThe royals is not exclusively ours. And we were angry then and we are angry now. "

Schwahn refused to comment on one of the charges or shot at the time, and he has not worked on shows or films sinceThe royals.

A member of the male distribution claimed Schwahn threatened to shoot him.

Craig Sheffer in 2019
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Yet it seems like there to be more to speak. Another conversation on Schwahn followed when Craig Sheffer, who played Uncle Keith, was April 4 episode of theTheater queensPodcast, hosted byA hill treeCo-Stars Burton, Bush andBethany Joy Lenz. The character of Scheffer was shocked early in the series and the actor claimed that Schwahn had blinded him with this news after assured that his position was safe.

"I'm going," so I'm dead? Does that mean that I am no longer paid? "" Schefeffer said, recalling a phone call he received from the showrunner. "He was like," yeah. "I was like, guy, you told me." Not only it was Ringard, but the way it was manipulated. You do not call me and talk to me about it? "

Scheffer also stated that he had the impression that Schwahn Nitpica his personal needs, as requiring a given period to see his daughter and appearance, because for him, "it was so on control."

"We want your hair to be combed, we want you to be shaved, we want that." He arrived at a point where they call my agent like: "If this power struggle will continue, we will just get rid of him," explained the actor. "These kinds of things, they break down your soul."

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Bush shared more ideas in his behavior.

Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton, and Bethany Joy Lenz in 2004
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Bush (on the picture above on the left) focused on the corroborated Scheffer claim that Schwahn has been set on the control of the appearance of the actors of the show, having its own problems in this area. When she decided to change her hair between the seasons, Schwahn "lost her mind on [her]."

"Do you know what he told me?" Bush continued. "An adult man who was my boss. I was 22 years old, 23. He goes:" Who [explains] told you that you could cut a fringe? You know who had a fringe? All the cheerles [expletive] at the high school who never wanted to have sex with me. I was like "what's going on?" Craig, it was so controlling and raw and misogynistic and scary for us. He screamed at Hilarie and me if we put our hair in horse tails during the practice of joy. "

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