Susan Sarandon’s hardline support for Palestine has caused drama behind the scenes of her upcoming film The Fab Four, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Tensions have flared between the actress and her co-stars, including Jewish actress Bette Midler, and the studio, who are “furious” and unimpressed with her continued strong pro-Palestine activism that has already gotten her into trouble in the past. recent months, according to close sources.
The comedy film, starring Sarandon, Midler, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph, will premiere July 26 at Bleecker Street.
The plot will follow three old friends who travel to Key West, Florida, to be bridesmaids at a surprise wedding for their other close friend, played by Midler.
But despite playing a group of loving friends on screen, insiders told DailyMail.com that the relationship between Sarandon and her co-stars was strained on set after she persisted with her controversial campaign following her anti-Semitic comments. previous.
Susan Sarandon’s pro-Palestine activism has caused a rift between her and her Fab Four co-stars, sources close to DailyMail.com tell DailyMail.com.
Sarandon sparked widespread outrage after saying Jews were “getting a taste of what it feels like to be Muslim” following the October 7 attack, during a pro-Palestine rally on November 17 in New York City (pictured).
Bleecker Street is furious with Susan for the way she has behaved. So is Bette, who is a proud Jew and hates what Susan is doing,” one film insider told DailyMail.com.
“Sheryl is also angry with her, as is Megan Mullally, the entire cast and crew. It’s a disaster.
“Her co-stars are disappointed that so many people worked so hard on it, and now Susan is ruining it for everyone.”
Sarandon has been in the news in recent months for his participation in several anti-Israel protests since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians on October 7.
He provoked widespread outrage in the weeks after the bombing when he claimed that Jews were “getting a taste of what it feels like to be Muslim in this country.”
The Thelma and Louise star later apologized for her comments, but has since continued her very public stance against Israel.
The drama surrounding her controversial opinions eventually carried over to the set, where the atmosphere became so frosty that it even saw the 77-year-old actress isolated from the rest of her co-stars, according to the source.
There were no “direct confrontations” between the four despite the tension, but the crew were told to keep Sarandon “separate from the others.”
Bette turned her back on him. “The others, including Sheryl, weren’t thrilled with her either,” the source said.
“Susan always had a crew member watching to make sure her vitriol didn’t come out.”
An inside source claimed that Sarandon’s continued activism has upset her co-stars, including Bette Midler, “who is a proud Jew and hates what Susan is doing.”
Sheryl Lee Ralph and Megan Mullally, who star alongside Sarandon in the upcoming film, are also said to be unimpressed with the actress.
Sarandon, 77, was seen wearing a keffiyeh while joining Squad member Rashida Tlaib at a Capitol protest demanding the United States stop “funding genocide” in February.
The source continued: ‘It was very tense. He said everyone else was nice to each other, but they definitely kept Susan apart from everyone.
‘Susan didn’t have lunch or dinner, nor was she friends with the other women, cast and crew. She stayed in her trailer most of the time.
DailyMail.com has contacted Bleecker Street for comment.
The Fab Four began filming last fall, around the same time as the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.
Sarandon would provoke widespread outrage a few weeks later while speaking in a pro-Palestine demonstration on November 17 in NY.
“There are many people who are afraid to be Jewish right now, and they are beginning to taste what it feels like to be Muslim in this country, so often subject to violence,” he said in a statement that would quickly provoke violent reactions. and be considered anti-Semitic.
The controversy resulted in the Academy Award-winning actress being fired by her Hollywood representative, United Talent Agency, run by Jewish CEO Jeremy Zimmer. UTA represented Sarandon since 2014.
He later apologized, calling his comments “phrased.” “a terrible mistake.”
But since then the veteran left-wing activist has continued to participate in protests and rallies, reportedly joining in chants of “from the river to the sea,” a battle cry used by both pro-Palestinian activists and Hamas, which many see as an anti-Semitic gesture. Call for the destruction of Israel.
In a more recent incident caught on camera on April 24, Sarandon was heard denying violent crimes committed by Hamas against civilians amid the ongoing war to an Israeli activist.
Susan Sarandon is seen at a pro-Palestine rally in New York City in November. She attended another over the weekend, where she was seen singing “from the river to the sea,” which has been called an anti-Semitic phrase calling for the destruction of Israel.
He later took to Instagram to apologize for his controversial and anti-Semitic comments at the Nov. 17 event.
In a more recent incident caught on camera on April 24, Sarandon was heard denying violent crimes committed by Hamas against civilians amid the ongoing war to an Israeli activist.
The woman, Keren Picker, can be seen approaching Sarandon Street and pointing out that Hamas has repeatedly rejected ceasefire proposals.
A defiant Sarandon responds: ‘Do you know why? Because they are terrible treatments.
He then goes on to refer to reports of ‘babies in ovens’ and ‘rape’ in Gaza and calls them ‘myths’.
Earlier this year, Sarandon joined Squad member Rashida Tlaib at a protest at the Capitol, demanding that the United States stop “funding genocide.”
She made a statement to members of the press during the February 15 event, organized by the leftist anti-war women’s organization CODEPINK, calling for a ceasefire.
“There has never been peace that has been achieved through violence,” Sarandon said, ironically just three months after making his controversial comments that apparently justified the attack.
Sarandon arrived at the Capitol wearing a red keffiyeh in support of Palestine.
“We have to achieve a permanent ceasefire and save the lives of all those people who are now just being shot like fish in a barrel,” he said at the time.
Their rally comes after the Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid package, including $14.1 billion for Israel’s war against Hamas.
