'Silicon Valley' Actress Speaks Out Against 'Bully' T.J. Miller, 'Complicit' Cast Members
The real Silicon Valley has a reputation among some for its bro culture and apparently, HBO's "Silicon Valley" also did, too.
Actress Alice Wetterlund is speaking out on Twitter about her "nightmare" experience playing engineer Carla Walton during the first two seasons of the Emmy-nominated series.
She has been most vocal about former star T.J. Miller, who departed last year. Miller explained his exit as a desire to focus on movies and other projects, while former cast and crew shaded him as unprofessional and diva-like.
Wetterlund not only affirms that Miller behaved badly on set but throws other male cast members under the bus. The show stars Thomas Middleditch, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, and Zach Woods.
She tweeted, "TJ Miller was a bully and petulant brat and pretty much everyone who had any power on that (almost all male) set, including the male cast members, enabled him and were complicit in his unprofessionalism. They can f--- off forever."
Wetterlund was not specific about what happened on set and clarified that she was speaking only for herself, not for female cast and crew:
I’m pretty open about this, and I don’t know if other women on the show had a different experience than me, but it was kind of a nightmare.
— Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) July 18, 2018
And replying to a question about she chose to stay on the show, Wetterlund defended herself:
Not a dumb question. One, I needed the job, two, it was my first recurring role and I had no idea it wasn’t always toxic and weird. Now I know!
— Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) July 18, 2018