“Bad Santa” director Terry Zwigoff stepped forward to say that Harvey and Bob Weinstein asked him not to even consider Mira Sorvino for his 2003 dark comedy.
“I was interested in casting Mira Sorvino in BAD SANTA, but every time I mentioned her over the phone to the Weinsteins, I’d hear a CLICK,” Zwigoff wrote on Twitter. “What type of person just hangs up on you like that?! I guess we all know what type of person now.”
He added, “I’m really sorry Mira.”
https://twitter.com/realzwigoff/status/941864029051428866
A rep for Harvey Weinstein said he “never spoke with Terry regarding casting. That was a Dimension film (Bob Weinstein) and Harvey had nothing to do with it.”