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Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572<\/span>, and banned from the stage actors\u2019 union, Actor\u2019s Equity Association for life, following the union\u2019s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of \u201cLone Star Love\u201d, a country musical based on Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cThe Merry Wives of Windsor\u201d, in which the actor played Falstaff.<\/p>\nAccording to allegations made by his fellow cast members (all of whom filed grievances with the union), Quaid physically and verbally abused them, and engaged in \u201coddball\u201d behavior during the rehearsals and run of the musical.<\/p>\n
Quaid\u2019s lawyer reportedly blames the show\u2019s producers for the action, which, he says stems from their attempts to avoid paying Quaid\u2019s contractually guaranteed financial participations, nor to afford him the creative approvals to which he is entitled.<\/p>\n
Producers ended up canceling the show\u2019s planned move to Broadway.<\/p>\n
Source: Backstage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors\u2019 union, Actor\u2019s Equity Association for life, following the union\u2019s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of \u201cLone Star Love\u201d, a country musical based on Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cThe Merry Wives of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12,16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n