The British actor, 54, who played Guy in the original 1997 film about unemployed steel workers who form a striptease act, was due to reprise his role in the new TV series.
However, in July 2022, Speer was dropped from the project after allegations of “inappropriate conduct”. In a new interview, Speer has now claimed that a female runner knocked on his trailer when he was getting changed.
He said that he asked her to wait “one minute” but she opened the door anyway and started speaking to him. The actor claimed that he hid behind a wardrobe and didn’t understand why she didn’t leave when she realised that he was changing.
According to Speer, a few days passed and then a producer pulled him aside on set in Manchester and told him: “There have been a couple of complaints about you.”
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