Ed Begley Jr. says environmental activism hurt his acting career: 'I gave people the creeps'
foxnews.comActor Ed Begley Jr. claimed his environmental activism made him a pariah in Hollywood over the years. The actor, who starred in the television series "St.
Elsewhere," said he went through a long acting dry spell in the '90s that was fueled by concerns he would be difficult to work with due to his commitment to the environment. "I gave people the creeps," he told Page Six, explaining that Hollywood executives were fearful he would shame them for not being climate conscious enough. "People were afraid that I was going to point at them exiting their limo or their SUV and go, ‘How can you drive a car?’" he claimed.
The 73-year-old actor whose appeared in numerous films and television shows, recalled how his agents warned him that his reputation as an environmentalist was losing him acting gigs. "They [agents] said, ‘You’ve got to back off a little bit because, you know, it’s hard to get you a job,’" he said.
Begley Jr. shared stories from two films where crews worried the actor would cause a scene. In one instance, crew were in a frenzy due to recycling bins not being on set yet and in another case a producer pulled him aside to make sure it was ok for him to drive a car in the scene.
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