has called “mean” after he reportedly had him “edited out” of a drama they were both cast in. The 37-year-old former stripper and ex-husband of glamour model Katie Price signed up with an extras agency earlier this year and was cast in six-part Sky Atlantic series The Death of Bunny Munro starring BAFTA and Emmy-nominated Smith, 41, as the titular character. Despite his role only being brief, former The Crown and Doctor Who star was said to be “embarrassed” to be on screen with Hayler.
Opening up to about the situation, Hayler said: 'I'm not embarrassed, I'm more hurt somebody like that would say something when they don't even know me. “For him to say what he has apparently said..
. It doesn't give much hope to young actors. I'm probably in 0.
5 seconds of a scene with him.” “For me, it's like, f****** hell! It's like bullying. It's mean.
” Hayler - who shares son Jett, 10, and nine-year-old daughter Bunny with ex Price - went on to tell the publication that he thinks “everyone should support each other” within the industry. The Standard has contacted a representative for Matt Smith for comment. The premise of Bunny Munro follows a sex addict who meets women through his job as a travelling beauty products salesman following the death of his wife to suicide.
In addition to starring, Smith will also executive produce the adaptation of ’s 2019 darkly comic novel The Death of Bunny Munro, which is being written by BAFTA winner Pete Jackson (Somewhere Boy) a.