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Fox News
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'80s star Heather Thomas left Hollywood after stalkers forced her out of the limelight
Heather Thomas experienced the dark side of Hollywood after her time on "The Fall Guy." Thomas revealed on the "Still Here Hollywood" podcast that after her time on the hit show, she was bombarded with scary situations involving stalkers. Thomas was on "The Fall Guy" from 1981 until the series concluded in 1986. She took on a few other roles after the show ended, such as "Red Blooded American Girl" and "Against The Law," but she decided to leave Hollywood behind in the '90s. "I was just getting so many stalkers," she said before explaining that it was "really bad." It got to the point where Thomas was dealing with two stalkers a week, she told podcast host Steve Kmetko. "I had one guy one night cut my screen in my bedroom and got in, and I shot him." "I had tons of restraining orders. I had two little girls, and a guy was jumping our gate with a giant buck knife. In those days, I don't know if this is true now, but people would fixate. You could be in a soap commercial, and they would fixate on you. There weren't a lot of stalker laws, and I just needed to be home anyway," Thomas said. She described her experience as being "scary" and even received some threatening items in the mail. "Someone sent me a box of bullets, and people would send me funeral wreaths they stole from a graveyard," the actress shared. Thomas continued, "I always had a bodyguard in the house because that's where I didn't want to come home to a dark house." She explained that things turned violent when a man attempted to break into her bedroom. "I had one guy one night cut my screen in my bedroom and got in, and I shot him," she said while clarifying that she had rock salt in her firearm. Thomas is still unsure if the intruder ever went to jail. Thomas said that she has not been open about her stalkers in the past because she did not want to be labeled as "the lady that was stalked." During the podcast episode, Thomas also discussed being sexualized in Hollywood. "I think there's a certain amount of disassociation," she said of the industry. "It was really my business. It would be like a woman who sold bathing suits. It was the way I sold things." Thomas said she was "happy" with her body because she "worked hard" for it. When Thomas made her debut in Hollywood, she was a student at UCLA and wanted to focus on writing and directing, but she quickly learned it was "rough" for women. She ultimately chose to be on-camera as opposed to being behind-the-scenes because of the paycheck. Thomas said she was "making so much money" that she chose the path of "least resistance."
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
BBC announce cast joining Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell in Half Man
The BBC have announced further casting for Half Man, the original six-episode drama series from the multi award-winning Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer, Against The Law). Filming is now underway in and around Glasgow. Half Man is produced by Mam Tor Productions (a Banijay UK company) for the BBC and BBC Scotland in co-production with HBO. As previously announced, Gadd and BAFTA award-winning actor Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers, Rocket Man) star as estranged 'brothers' Ruben and Niall respectively. When Ruben shows up unexpectedly at Niall's wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives. Spanning almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day, Mitchell Robertson (Curfew, Mayflies) and Stuart Campbell (SAS Rogue Heroes, The Winter King) have been announced to play Niall (Robertson) and Ruben (Campbell) in their younger years. Half Man will cover the highs and lows of the brothers' relationship, from them meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults – with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way. The series will capture the wild energy of a changing city - a changing world, even - and try to get to the bottom of the difficult question... What does it mean to be a man? Neve McIntosh (Tin Star, Chemistry of Death) joins the cast as Niall's mother Lori, whilst Marianne McIvor (Screw, The Nest) is Ruben's mother Maura. Also joining the cast of Half Man are Charlie De Melo (Rivals), Bilal Hasna (The Agency), Julie Cullen (Traces), Amy Manson (The Nevers), Philippine Velge (The Serpent Queen), Stuart McQuarrie (The Rig), Piers Ewart (The Primrose Railway Children), Scot Greenan (T2 Trainspotting) and newcomers Charlotte Blackwood and Calum Manchip. Richard Gadd, creator, writer and executive producer, says: 'Having scoured far and wide and met some of the most amazing talent this country has to offer, I'm so pleased to have landed on the cast that we have. I cannot wait for all our actors, young and old, to bring these characters to life. I have every faith everyone will fall in love with these performers as much as I did.' Tally Garner & Morven Reid from Mam Tor Productions say: 'We are utterly delighted to have such a brilliant cast join Richard and Jamie on Half Man and bring the funny, filthy and furious world of Niall and Ruben to life.' Half Man (6x45) was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. The series is created, written and executive produced by Richard Gadd alongside executive producers Tally Garner and Morven Reid from Mam Tor Productions, Gaynor Holmes for the BBC and Gavin Smith for BBC Scotland. The producer is Wendy Griffin (Limbo, The Lost King) with Alexandra Brodski (Somewhere Boy, Rivals) and Eshref Reybrouck (Ferry: The Series, Cheyenne & Lola) attached to direct. The series is made by Mam Tor Productions for the BBC, BBC Scotland and HBO. Banijay Rights handles international distribution outside the UK & Ireland and US. Half Man is supported by Screen Scotland. Half Man will air in 2026 on BBC iPlayer, BBC One and BBC Scotland in the UK, and on HBO in the US. HC2
