Production of the upcoming movie Madden, starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale, was disrupted after a supporting actor suddenly left the project. The actor quit two weeks into filming, claiming there was racism on set and disagreeing over a scene that required full frontal nudity. The main accusation involves director David O. Russell, who reportedly used the N-word during a rehearsal.
Five people working on the film told TMZ that during an unplanned rehearsal for a monologue, Russell allegedly said the racial slur. This, along with the actor’s discomfort with a planned nude locker room scene, led the actor to walk off set before lunch and eventually leave the production entirely.
