Hammer found himself in a controversy on social media after the circulation of unverified disturbing text messages attributed to him.
Hollywood star Armie Hammer has exited Lionsgate’s upcoming movie Shotgun Wedding after messages allegedly sent by the actor were leaked online.
The Call Me By Your Name star was set to feature opposite singer-actor Jennifer Lopez in the movie which was expected to start production later this year.
Hammer found himself in a controversy on social media after the circulation of disturbing text messages attributed to him. The messages have not yet been verified.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Hammer decried the “vicious and spurious online attacks” against him as the reason for his exit from the movie.
“I’m not responding to these b******t claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for four months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic,” the…