The biggest scandals of the “Les Frères Scott” series

Aired from 2003 to 2012 on American television, the teenage series The Scott brothers has marked a whole generation of viewers and has become cult for millions of fans. Unfortunately, in recent years, many scandals have marred his memory.

Chad Michael Murray (Lucas) fired “to save money”?

In May 2009, the announcement of departure of Chad Michael Murray (Lucas) and Hilarie Burton (Peyton) at the end of season 6 of Brothers Scott shock and annoy the television viewers. Especially since at the same time, a video is circulating on the web showing the actor telling fans: “They’re not bringing me back next year… because they want to save money. “ Chad Michael Murray even encourages his admirers to protest. “Go wild on blogs and express your anger” he blurted out in the excerpt released. The interpreter of Lucas Scott nevertheless returns the time of an episode of the ninth and final season of the series.

Antwon Tanner’s (Skills) Problems with Justice

We could almost have put Skills in our selection leading characters who suddenly left a series, except that he finally returned in season 9. And yet, it was not won since his interpreter Antwon Tanner had serious problems with the justice in 2009. He even went through the prison box for fraud. social security, he who sold numbers and identifiers of vital cards. After serving his sentence for 3 months, the actor was finally asked to return to The Scott brothers. But that explains his momentary absence from the screen.

Mark Schwahn, the creator of the series, accused of sexual harassment

On November 12, 2017, screenwriter Audrey Wauchope reveals on Twitter that she was sexually harassed by Mark Schwahn while working on the series The Scott brothers. Other members of the production and cast crew, including star actresses Hilarie Burton (Peyton) and Danneel Harris (Rachel), have claimed to have also been sexually harassed by the show’s creator. A total of 18 people denounced the director’s behavior through an open letter, as a result of which Mark Schwahn was suspended and fired from his other series. The Royals.

Sophia Bush (Brooke) slapped Mark Schwahn on the set

After the truth emerged about Mark Schwahn, Sophia Bush was invited to Andy Cohen’s radio show in June 2018 to speak out on the matter. “The first time Mark Schwahn hit my butt, I hit him in front of six other producers and hit him hard” revealed the actress, 21 at the time. She explains having learned later that he insulted her in front of one of the screenwriters who then defended Sophia Bush. “Maybe you shouldn’t touch the girls” he replied to Mark Schwahn, after which the latter gave him two options: shut up or leave. “It was a really unhealthy working atmosphere for everyone”.

A bad example for teenagers?

While being interviewed by the magazine Cosmopolitan, in November 2018, Hilarie Burton aka Peyton explained why the series The Scott brothers could not be broadcast nowadays according to her. And she didn’t mince words. “Each girl in the series was presented as a prostitute with a heart of gold” judge the actress.

“There were a lot of absurd scenes in their underwear. Of course, everyone on the set was an adult, but they forget that the viewer at home thinks he sees a 15, 16 or 17 year old teenager, so it creates a new normal for these real teenagers. This is something that really pissed us off. And I think that today, there is more sensitivity towards the public to which we are addressing ”.

The producers played on the divorce between Chad Michael Murray (Lucas) and Sophia Bush (Brooke)

And the fictional love story between Lucas and Brooke in The Scott brothers joined reality for two years, this unfortunately did not last. While Sophia Bush was Dax Shepard’s guest on the podcast Armchair Expert, in December 2018, she returned to her high-profile divorce from Chad Michael Murray during the filming time.

She accused the producers of the show of playing on it: “They really acted very inappropriately with both of us. They were showing TV commercials about it. It was really despicable ” remembers the interpreter Brooke Davis. She continues: “They took advantage of people’s privacy and not just for my ex and I – for other actors on the show who shared personal anecdotes, which they then added to the plot. It was not correct ”. The actress concludes: “I imagine it was tough for Chad Michael Murray too. It was really ugly of them. They only lived for dramas ”.

The actors split into two clans on the set

The atmosphere between actors is not always good on series shoots. We have seen it in behind the scenes Desperate Housewives or from Grey’s Anatomy, and this was also the case for The Scott brothers. In August 2019, Bethany Joy Lenz (Haley) was guest on the podcast Whine Down With Jana Kramer animated by the interpreter of the character of Alex.

The two actresses then confessed that there were clans on the set from a certain point in time. “It was hard for us because when we got on the show, in all honesty, it was a very divided field., remembers Jana Kramer who joined the cast from season 7. I had the impression that everyone already had their place and it was a bit like “are you joining team A or team B? “”. They explained that this was mainly due to the attitude of Mark Schwahn on the set. “I think our creator somehow created this hostile environment” the interpreters of Alex and Haley concluded.

Sophia Bush (Brooke) Speaks Out About The Pressure To Appear In Her Underwear

Sophia Bush, dont Brooke Davis’ character ended up stealing the show from the Scott brothers, expressed the pressure put on him by creator Mark Schwahn to appear scantily clad on screen. “I remember my boss kept writing scenes for me to be in my underwear. And I would say, “I don’t do that. It is inappropriate. I don’t think that’s what we have to teach 16-year-old girls, to seek approval that way ”” the actress explained in January 2020 during the podcast Pretty Big Deal, hosted by Ashley Graham, before adding that Mark Schwahn then gave her a derogatory comment on her chest, which he said was the main reason viewers wanted to see her on screen.

The Brothers Scott series is available in full on Amazon Prime Video.

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