An ex-co-star asserts that Tim Allen is more villainous than Santa.
During production of the most recent installment in “The Santa Clause” franchise, the Disney+ series “The Santa Clauses,” Casey Wilson accused the “Home Improvement” star of being impolite on set.
In one episode of the 2022 series, Wilson, 43, portrayed the adult version of Sara, the young child Allen’s Scott Calvin first met as Santa in the original film.
Wilson described his collaboration with Allen, 70, in a recent episode of his podcast for “Saturday Night Live,” as “the worst, most dreadful experience I’ve ever had with a co-star.”
The actor from “Gone Girl” claimed that during a scene featuring the “Toy Story” star and his character, who portrays Santa Claus, descending the chimney and frightening Sara, Allen complicated matters by expressing displeasure with her performance to a producer positioned a few feet away from her.
“I basically hear him, he goes, ‘You gotta tell her to stop stepping on my lines,'” according to Wilson. “The producer turns to me with horror on his face and has to walk one foot to me and he goes, ‘Tim would ask that you stopped stepping on his lines.'”
She proceeded: “He never maintained eye contact and never spoke. “Everything was so unpleasant.”
USA TODAY has attempted to contact Tim Allen representatives for comment.
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Pamela Anderson accused Allen of exposing her during an early-year incident on the set of “Home Improvement.”
Variety reports that Anderson, in her January memoir “Love, Pamela,” discusses securing the role of Lisa the Tool Time Girl on the family sitcom. Allen helmed the ensemble of the hit ABC comedy for all eight seasons in the role of Tim Taylor. Anderson portrayed Lisa in twenty-three episodes spanning 1991 to 1997. Debbe Dunning assumed the position of Taylor’s assistant during the third season of the program.
Although the part introduced Anderson to widespread recognition, the actress writes about a conversation she had with Allen during the production of the ABC series.
“As I exited my dressing room on the first day of filming, Tim was waiting in the hallway donning his cloak. “He quickly flashed me while revealing himself to be completely naked beneath his robe,” according to an excerpt from the book that was initially published by Variety. “He felt it was only fair because he had observed me in my undress.” We are now even. “I laughed with discomfort.”
