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Amazon executives 'demanded' Hot Priest Andrew Scott was recast in Phoebe Waller-Bridge smash Fleabag after 'injecting cash' into second series of BBC show
It was the smash hit British comedy that made her a household name and won her a slew of awards on both sides of the Atlantic.
But it seems male Amazon executives ‘tore apart’ the second series of Phoebe Waller-Bridge ’s acclaimed Fleabag and ‘demanded’ she recast Andrew Scott just days before filming was due to begin. Luckily Ms Waller-Bridge, 38, – who went on to sign a £47m deal with the US streamer – stuck to her guns and stayed true to her initial vision, which won her a Bafta and a Golden Globe He said that, bearing in mind ‘this was a piece exploring self-destructive feminism,’ the executives ‘proceeded to tear the show apart and demand Andrew Scott was recast with only four days until the shoot started.’
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