Method Man Fights One Of His Writers?
Some early fireworks on the Fox lot on Friday: We hear a rumor that there was a little dust-up at the table read for Method & Red. After Method Man supposedly tanked the script-reading (an oft-used actor trick when they hate a script), some angry words were exchanged between Method and a M&R writer. Depending on whom you believe, Method then allegedly either punched the writer or grabbed the writer's head and pushed. No word on the damage done to the offending script, but by the end of the day, the writer was seeking employment writing jokes for rappers with a more pacific temperament. Anyone seen De La Soul recently? Those guys seemed so peaceful and centered.
UPDATED: After the jump.
We hear second-hand that the official, predictable word out of Regency Television, the sitcom's co-producer, is that there was a "dispute" but that "no punches were thrown," and the writer "resigned." Method had recently complained to the LAT that Fox wasn't keeping the show "ghetto" enough. Someone better tell Fox president Gail Berman to watch the notes she gives Method for the rest of the season.
UPDATED: The writer in question was Phil Lord. He and his partner, Chris Miller, creators of Clone High, resigned after the scrap to develop shows at Fox.
