Alice Wetterlund played Carla in Silicon Valley. Photo / Getty Images
Alice Wetterlund played Carla in Silicon Valley. Photo / Getty Images
An actor who appeared on six episodes of HBO sitcom Silicon Valley has sensationally slammed the show, calling it a "nightmare" to work on and telling her former co-stars to "f*** off forever".
Alice Wetterlund played Carla Walton in six episodes of the HBO hit, across two seasons from 2015to 2016. The actor, 37, began her candid discussion about her time on the show yesterday with a tweet aimed at her controversial former co-star TJ Miller.
Miller's erratic behaviour has been well-documented: In April, he was arrested for calling in a fake bomb threat while aboard a train headed to Washington DC. In 2016 he allegedly assaulted an Uber driver, and the following year he and his wife were kicked out of a casino in Monte Carlo.
Miller left Silicon Valley in May 2017 amid claims he had showed up to set drunk and high.
Despite these controversies, Miller's career shows no signs of slowing down — he's currently on a US-wide stand-up comedy tour, and was this year seen in the Marvel blockbuster Deadpool 2.
"Yes! It is definitely time to rehabilitate TJ Miller's career! We can't afford to lose talent at a time like this, we need more — not less — comedic hijinks such as *checks notes* calling in a fake bomb threat," Wetterlund sarcastically tweeted.
When one of her followers expressed confusion at Wetterlund's stance — "I loved Silicon Valley and loved you in it," she told her — the actor further clarified her position.
"Thank you! I hope to not ruin it for you, but TJ Miller was a bully and petulant brat and pretty much everyone who had any power on that (almost all male) set, including the male cast members, enabled him and were complicit in his unprofessionalism. They can f*** off forever," she tweeted.
"I'm pretty open about this, and I don't know if other women on the show had a different experience than me, but it was kind of a nightmare."
Actor TJ Miller left the show last year amid reports of erratic behaviour. Photo / Getty Images
Describing her time on the show as a "learning experience" Wetterlund responded to another Twitter user asking why she hadn't quit if it was such a bad environment.
"Not a dumb question. One, I needed the job, two, it was my first recurring role and I had no idea it wasn't always toxic and weird. Now I know!" she wrote.
HBO has released a statement in response to Wetterlund's comments.
"While this is the first time we have heard Alice Wetterlund comment on her experiences on Silicon Valley, we are disappointed to learn of her concerns. HBO and the producers have always taken very seriously our responsibility to create a welcoming and congenial environment for everyone who works on the show."
Recently renewed for a sixth season, Silicon Valley features a largely male cast including comedian Kumail Nanjiani and actor Thomas Middleditch, telling the story of five young men who founded a start-up company in Silicon Valley.
