Brittany Allen

Brittany Allen Instagram – Yesterday, news broke that Netflix cancelled Grendel, a show for which an entire season had already been shot and that didn’t get the chance to air.
I feel for Matt Wagner, the creator of the Grendel comic, who was beyond excited to have the world that he has built over many years be shown on the screen, and whose weekly motivational emails to the team were a light to start every Monday with. I feel for Abubakr Ali, who was to be the first Arab Muslim superhero with this role, & who gave every ounce of himself day in & day out, physically, emotionally, mentally, and who was also THE MOST gracious and kind “number one” on any set I have ever been on. I feel for every crew member, who arrived on set well before I did, and stayed long after I’d left, for six months, in the cold and the rain and the dark of Vancouver winter, and who somehow, in their exhaustion, jumped up whenever needed, put the extra touch towards their craft, not just because it was their “job” but because they loved telling stories, and they were passionate about telling this one. I feel for the creative team who gave themselves to this project.
For myself — I played an opportunistic thief who gets famous off the back of someone else’s hard work… I thank the producers for casting me – this role was a joy to sink my teeth into, and the experience reminded me of how much I love acting — it had been a minute since I’d been on set for The Boys.  I’m grateful for the memories, and the story I got to step inside. But it is a shame that the hard work put in by so many talented people won’t likely see the light of day. (@amazonstudios ? Where you at?)
This feels like a dangerous precedent that these massive companies are setting, first with HBO Max cancelling a 90 million dollar Batgirl movie and now with Netflix cancelling a 50 million dollar TV series after both had already been shot. The amount of work gone into something of this magnitude, only to be discarded like trash, has to be a symptom of corporate greed. We didn’t sign up to pour our hearts and souls into your tax write off! 
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