The studio’s willingness to forego a fifth and final season of a show called Good Girls, due to the absence of a supporting male character, struck some as ironic. But Universal Television ultimately decided to just pull the plug. It’s really weird.” ( You can watch the exchange at the 19:20 mark.)Ĭreatively speaking, a final season sans Montana was seen as a sizable, albeit not insurmountable, obstacle.

And he’s never taken the chance to realize that I hate it. The following year, during a Good Girls-themed Q&A at 92nd Street Y, Hendricks revealed that Montana refuses to address her by her actual name while on set. But it’s not as… it’s much more professional than anyone would think.” You know, it’s funny, because I know people love. When asked what it is like shooting the steamy Beth/Rio scenes, Hendricks told Medium in 2019, “He’s a great actor and we have great chemistry working together and… He’s just… It’s just a very sort of respectful work. In a 2020 interview with The Total Celebrity Show podcast, Montana described his working relationship with Hendricks as follows: “We come in, do our job, and then go home. Even fans have long speculated - based on the pair’s frosty public statements about one another over the years - that there was no love lost between the duo. Some began speculating that Montana’s strained working relationship with on-again/off-again scene partner Christina Hendricks (who plays Beth) may have been a factor, making the actor less willing to take the kind of financial hit NBC was asking of him.Ī rep for Montana declined to comment for this story, while a spokesperson for Hendricks did not respond to TVLine’s numerous requests for comment.īad blood between Hendricks and Montana had been something of an open secret in Hollywood circles. According to one Good Girls insider who requested anonymity, the series’ seemingly clear path to renewal hit a major snag in mid-June when negotiations with co-star Manny Montana - who plays fan favorite gang member-turned-Beth-crushing-antihero Rio - hit a wall. Multiple sources connected to NBC, Universal Television and the show, however, maintain that the reasons behind Good Girls‘ unceremonious termination extend beyond mere dollars and cents.

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