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Nov 7, 2018 · Clayne Crawford, the actor who played Martin Riggs on the television version of Lethal Weapon, was fired by the producers of the show. Drama on the set surrounded Crawford. His behavior,...
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Jun 6, 2019 · Clayne Crawford was fired from the Lethal Weapon series following clashes with co-star Damon Wayans. Here's how Riggs died on the action series.
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May 17, 2018 · After months of rumored on-set tensions and bad behavior, Fox announced that Crawford would not be returning for Lethal Weapon's third season. Let's take a look at just what led to this...
Aug 30, 2018 · The 40-year-old actor, who played the loose-canon cop Martin Riggs in the first two seasons of the action drama, told Drinkin' Bros podcast Tuesday that he “snapped” on the set of the Fox show.
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- The Lethal Weapon Franchise Will Survive The Series' Cancelation
According to The Hollywood Reporter, there were numerous times in production when Clayne Crawford felt the show's stunts were putting the Lethal Weapon's TV show cast -- particularly himself -- in harm's way. Crawford told THRthat he felt it was in the best interest of those involved to have spoken up at that time about the dangerous nature of the ...
With The Character Dead, The Best Option Was To Replace Him
In the Season 3 premiere of the Lethal Weapon series, Riggs was rushed to the hospital by Murtaugh -- only for a doctor to emerge and tell him "I'm sorry." The last shot before the title card was of Murtaugh beginning to cry over the loss of his colleague. To allay fans' concerns about how Lethal Weapon would work without one of the franchise's core characters, the show immediately brought in a different co-lead. Riggs's replacement was a new character named Wesley Cole (played by Seann Willi...
Thankfully, the Lethal Weapon franchise isn't finished just yet, even with the series' cancelation in 2019. The film franchise, which ran from 1987 to 1998, has long been eyeing a return to the big screen, though production has been slow on that front. Franchise director Richard Donner was working on a fifth installment until his death in 2021, wit...
Jan 29, 2020 · Clayne Crawford was fired from Lethal Weapon, with the character of Riggs being killed off. Crawford's firing was tied to his alleged bad behavior on set and clash with co-star Damon Wayans,...
Clayne Crawford, the actor who played Martin Riggs on the television version of Lethal Weapon, was fired by the producers of the show. Drama on the set surrounded Crawford. His behavior, including an on-set argument with co-star Damon Wayans, led to two separate reprimands from the network.
