He did receive support - some in Hollywood called his statement powerful and praised the Oscar-nominated actor for speaking up. The response to Langella’s column has not been uniform. Then the incident returned to the headlines with Langella’s fiery guest column on Deadline, in which he portrayed himself as “collateral damage” and a victim of cancel culture which he called “not fair,” “not just” and “not American.” It had been three weeks since star Frank Langella had been fired following an investigation into complaints of unacceptable behavior, and Bruce Greenwood had just been cast as his replacement.
EXCLUSIVE: By May 4, the cast and crew of Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher had moved on.