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Fred Savageis taking time to reflect on his professional behavior after his firing from ABC’sThe Wonder Yearsreboot.
A source tells PEOPLE that the former child star, 45, is “taking a break” followingaccusations of on-set misconductagainst Savage that led to his dismissal last week, shortly before the showwas renewed for season 2on Friday.
“People thought he wasn’t treating people well, there were a couple complaints. But now he’s taking a break,” the source says. “Instead of him being like, ‘Screw you for saying this to me,’ he’s like, ‘OK, well if that’s how people are feeling, I need to figure out what I could be doing better.’ "
Savagewas fired from his roleas an executive producer and director onThe Wonder Yearslast week after he was accused of “inappropriate conduct,” a spokesperson for 20th Television confirmed to PEOPLE after Deadline first reported the news.
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A rep for Savage has not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Other sources havetold PEOPLEthat Savage has been “quick to anger” on set as his process includes overshooting, a common practice in the industry that can be tough on crews.
“He overshoots and the days are longer, therefore giving more opportunities to snap at people,” the insider added, as another source noted that Savage “can have a temper and occasional outbursts.”
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Savage previously starred as Kevin Arnold in the originalThe Wonder Years, the beloved coming-of-age series set in the ’60s and ’70s, which aired for six seasons from 1988 to 1993 on ABC. The networkdebuted the rebootlast September, focusing on a Black middle-class family living in Montgomery, Alabama, during the 1960s.
ThePrincess Brideactor has faced other allegations of on-set misconduct in the past, as hisWonder Yearsonscreen mom Alley Mills claimed in 2018 that a sexual harassment lawsuit against Savage and costar Jason Hervey led to the show’s 1993 cancellation.
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According toVanity Fair, costume designer Monique Long claimed that she couldn’t do her job properly due to physical and verbal harassment from the actors. The lawsuit was settled out of court and subsequently dropped.
source: people.com
