Emilio Estevez Not Returning To Disney Series Over Vaccine Requirement
Another Hollywood millionaire is turning down the chance to make more millions, all because he’s apparently afraid of science and medicine. Must be nice to be wealthy enough to turn down work like this. Via Deadline:
The Mighty Ducks franchise will continue without Gordon Bombay. Emilio Estevez, who reprised his role from the 1992 movie and its 1994 and 1996 sequels in Season 1 of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, will not be back for the Disney+ series’ upcoming second season, I have learned.
I hear Disney Television Studios’ ABC Signature, which produces the hockey-themed sequel series, made the decision not to pick up Estevez’s option for Season 2 after weeks of back and forth with his team over the show’s Covid vaccination requirement. Reps for the studio and Estevez declined comment.
Heading into Season 2, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers — like many Disney TV Studios series — has adopted a mandatory vaccination policy for the cast and crew in Zone A, which was included as an option in the most recent Return-to-Work agreement between the Hollywood studios and major unions. (Zone A includes all actors and crew members who come into direct contact with them.) According to sources, Estevez, through his reps, has declined to provide assurances that he would comply with the policy.
[Deadline: Emilio Estevez Not Returning To ‘The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’ For Season 2]
