Overview
- On the latest 9021OMG episode released Nov. 21, Spelling and Garth argue lackluster writing led to viewers rejecting Swank’s character, Carly Reynolds.
- Spelling said Swank had been hired as a full-time regular before being written out after 16 episodes in season eight.
- Producer Amy Sugarman said she once thought Swank was not good in the role, then concluded the character was written “ridiculously.”
- Sugarman added that the early exit freed Swank to audition for Boys Don’t Cry, a role that earned her an Oscar.
- Entertainment Weekly reported it reached out to Swank’s representatives for comment, and Swank has previously said she booked Boys Don’t Cry two months after leaving 90210.