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Working on a Christmas present ought to be enjoyable, however for Casey Wilson, performing with Tim Allen on The Santa Clauses was something however a holly jolly good time.
“Tim Allen was such a bitch,” Wilson, 43, stated on a latest episode of her “Bitch Sesh” podcast by way of Variety. “It was the truly single worst experience I’ve ever had with a costar ever.”
Wilson visitor starred on the 2022 pilot episode of Disney+’s The Santa Clauses. The collection, which is the continuation of The Santa Clause movie trilogy, is at the moment in its second season. It follows Scott Calvin a.okay.a. Santa Claus (Allen) as he navigates his subsequent chapter within the North Pole after realizing that he must discover a successor. Wilson, for her half, portrayed the grownup model of 1994’s Sara, the little lady who gave Santa soy milk after he stated he was lactose illiberal.
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While Wilson filmed her episode with Allen, 70, greater than a 12 months in the past, she revealed on her podcast that she “buried” the story about her expertise as a result of she’s “great” associates with a producer on the collection. The Happy Endings alum additionally famous that her youngsters “loved the movies,” so she saved her alleged on-set points underneath wraps.
Wilson proceeded to recount capturing a scene with Allen wherein she was “supposed to throw things” at him as a result of her character thinks he’s a burglar and never Santa coming down the chimney.
“So I’m throwing things at him. [He] goes over to the producer who is standing four feet from me and goes, and I hear him, he goes, ‘You gotta tell her to stop stepping on my lines,’” Wilson alleged. “The producer turns to me with horror on his face and has to walk one foot to me and he goes, ‘Um, Tim would ask that you stop stepping on his lines.’”
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The Physical actress remembered considering that “everybody was walking on eggshells” when Allen was on set. In addition to allegedly being scolded for the road mishap, Wilson stated when the Home Improvement alum was accomplished, “he was so f–king rude” and allegedly “never made eye contact, never said anything.”
Wilson famous the entire state of affairs was “so uncomfortable” however not unusual, in accordance with an alleged dialog she had with a crew member. “It’s the end [of the scene], and Tim Allen goes, ‘Leaving!’ [He] takes his Santa cape, picks it up and drops it on the floor and walks out,” Wilson recalled. “And they hustle in his stand-in; lovely man, who was much nicer to act against. People are scurrying to pick up his velvet Santa coat. He’s a bitch.”
Once Allen exited the stage, Wilson claimed that “someone that I do not know, perhaps in the crew” commented on the state of affairs. “[He or she] breezes past me and just goes, ‘You’re seeing him on a good day,’” she alleged.
While Allen has but to remark on Wilson’s allegations, he beforehand revealed that he has had one main mess up whereas enjoying Scott Calvin/Santa. While filming Santa Clause 2 in 2002, Allen unintentionally dropped an F-bomb.
“It was like cats. They wouldn’t leave me alone. I’m dressed like Santa Claus. I look like Santa Claus. We had a North Pole set,” he stated of working with so many youngsters throughout a January 2021 look on The Kelly Clarkson Show, noting that after hours within the go well with he grew “very angry” when two youngsters began to argue and delay the shoot.
Allen continued: “Fifteen takes later, the kids said one more word and I let out the loudest F-bomb. And I turned around, and there are 12 children who look like you had ripped their legs off. Their Santa has just screamed the F-bomb.”
Despite the awkward scene, Allen selected to reprise his function within the Disney+ collection and the present quickly grew to become a household affair. His real-life daughter Elizabeth Allen-Dick performs his TV daughter, Sandra, which has been a present for Allen.
“It’s one of those moments that I’ll carry with me forever,” he completely instructed Us Weekly in December. “To see the professional that she’s turned into, [she] treats everybody well, shows up on time, does her job, works long hours, [with] no complaints.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Allen’s rep for remark.
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