The franchise 'We are the best' will continue without Gordon Bombay. Actor Emilio Estreez, who resumed his role by the 1992 film and his sequelae 1994 and 1996 in the first season of 'We are the best: a new era', will not return to the second season of the Disney + series, according to a Exclusive of the specialized environment Deadline.
According to this information, the ABC Signature study, which produces the sequel in serial format and belonging to Disney Television Studios, has made the decision not to renew Esttevez for the second season after weeks of negotiation between the study and the actor's team for The Hollywood Vaccination requirement.
Face to shoot the second season of 'We are the best: a new era', as in many other series of Disney television studios, the company has adopted a mandatory vaccination policy for the distribution and equipment of Zone A, which includes all actors and equipment that is in direct contact with them. This possibility was included in the negotiation of return to work between the Hollywood studies and the main unions.
According to the sources consulted by Deadline, Estévez, through its representatives, it has refused to give guarantees that it would fulfill the policy. With the two parts at a deadlock while writing the scripts of the second season and the start of production was approaching, scheduled for the first months of 2022, the study has decided not to exercise the choice of the actor. The scripts will be adjusted to continue the story without the character.
Meanwhile, sources close to Estévez consulted by Deadline indicate that creative differences may have played a role in its output.
Although it is not yet a general policy, the mandate of vaccination of zone A has become a standard of the industry. Netflix has made vaccines in the area to be mandatory in all its productions in the US. Disney TV Studios has introduced the policy into the new series from now on, as well as in several existing ones.
The actor, director and scriptwriter Emilio Estévez (New York, 1962) is the son of Martin Sheen and brother of Ramon Luis Estévez, Charlie Sheen and Renné Estevez. Unlike his father and his brother, Emilio decided not to adopt an artistic name. Among the most relevant jobs, 'The Breakfast Club', 'Young Guns', 'Bobby' or 'Mission: Impossible'.
Estévez is the second star that abandons a production by mandatory vaccination in recent weeks. The rapper Ice Cube abandoned the production of Sony 'Oh Hell comedy!' And he resigned to a salary of 9 million dollars - after they told him that he had to receive the vaccine. On the other hand, Actor Miles Teller cost 6 million dollars to Paramount Plus after his positive Covid-19 test forced to close the production of 'The Offer', according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Date Of Update: 08 November 2021, 13:40
