Mad Man Down!
There's one less name to remember at Sterling Cooper ad agency.
Bryan Batt, who played Salvatore Romano, won't be returning to Mad Men this season.
And it sounds like no one even told him!
Bryan told the press that he was concerned about losing his job after last season's finale where his character was outed and fired. Bryan was suppose to received the shoot schedules in December, but they never came.
Now, creator Matthew Weiner has admitted that Bryan won't be back to the show. He explains:
“We don’t murder people on our show, but for there to be any stakes, there have to be consequences,. Losing Bryan was a tough moment for the show, but that’s where we are. I know how people felt about Bryan. I obviously love working with him, and he has been an indelible character since the pilot. But I felt it was an expression of the times that he couldn’t work there anymore. It’s the ultimate case of sexual harassment.”
And we couldn't tell this all to Bryan before so he wasn't sitting by the telephone like an anxious girlfriend because…?
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He plays a great character. That's too bad.
They could have eased him out after an episode or two…You know…He's in the park scouting for tail or he's on a bridge contemplating suicide and then some hippy-folk-montage could fade him to black.
I think they couldn't make up their minds. I hope they don't jump the shark with other characters. It's a good show so far…
And I was really liking his storyline and everything. That show is fascinating to see how far we've come in our society in terms of acceptance of others. I really liked his character and would have liked to have seen more of him.
I LOVEEEEEEEEEEE this damn show. I really loved the charactor Sal and was super disappointed when they let him go. BUT this is a show that shows the times! I was thinking that once Don created his own company he would bring Sal on board but that would go against that era completely. Werent they still institutionalizing homosexuals back then???? It would make sense if he did come back. Unless they have one of the other charactors run into him somewhere or something.
WTF They never properly developed his story! I was expecting him to be outed fully to friends and everyone and have the situation fixed. That's a bullshit excuse to fire him.
no more Kitty Romano!!!! She needs very little tending, but she was still kinda hott.
Wow. Having his character leave Sterling Cooper is one thing, but having to exit the entire show is ridiculous. His character didn't just stop existing, and I thought he was a nice addition to the show. If indeed they wanted his character completely off the show for some reason, they could have at least had the decency of letting Bryan Batt know in advance. Show Business or not, that's just bad business. Love the show, but hate this.
toooo bad. that was a really interesting part of the story.. I hope they find a way to bring him back. If the show gets to straight it's gonna loose a lot of its hip. Don't fix wat works boysss
Re: Antony – Exactly. That's bad business, you'd think the actor would have needed to know when his last day was. They must've decided this last minute.
Thanks for the Spoiler Alert!
This sux. Sal was one of my favorite characters. Hope this isn't the beginning of the end of the show.
BB was great in that role - heartwrenching performance - more good things are on the way for him, I'm sure! I'll miss Sal!…
I'll miss him on the show. He was excellent.
His character was among the most interesting of the show. Often more interesting than the leads. They got some flack for showing him with another guy in a heated scene in the first episode and probably decided not to alienate their sponsors. They set up his character for a lot of dramatic development and then dropped him. It was a very important time for gay rights then, just on the eve of the Stonewall riots so I don't know what they had a problem with dramatically. Probably didn't want to go too gay. Too bad. I'll reconsider my viewership since only the last two episodes this year had any really great stuff in them.
mad amounts of makeup dude.
That makes me all sad like - I love Sal. They could have done something great with his storyline - like if he comes out or not and what happens with him and his wife, dammit.
he could be featured in a different way.. maybe not in the office, but in some other aspect. It's a shame to see us loose such a great character and actor… Mr Weiner is writing genious.. but I'm not sure this was a smart move.
Is this Matthew Weiner REALLY using the 'art imitating life' analogy as justification for treating Brian like crap here? How to be part of the problem.
That is really too bad. The writers of Mad Men didn't do his character's storyline justice at all…you see him obviously having an emotional breakdown in a phone booth and then nothing? Way to drop the ball on that one, and way to treat a great member of the cast in the most slimy manner possible.
That is sad, he was one of my faves on the show