Alice Wetterlund Calls Her Time on HBO’s Silicon Valley Set “Toxic”
Alice Wetterlund has been speaking out on Twitter about her time working on the HBO show Silicon Valley. She played engineer Carla Walton for two seasons on the series, and described T.J. Miller’s on set behavior as unprofessional, and says that others in power enabled his bad behavior on set. “TJ Miller was a bully and a petulant brat,” she said, and says everyone with any power who worked on the set enabled him. In fact, she called the powers that be “complicit in his unprofessionalism.”
When her followers asked her why she stayed on the show, Wetterlund responded that it was her first recurring role and she had no idea that it was unusual for a set to be “toxic and weird.” She also hinted that she might have even approached HR about her discomfort on the set. “How do you know I didn’t speak up? Just because you didn’t hear about it? I didn’t realize HBO HR is supposed to contact you,” she wrote.
Since her time on Silicon Valley, Alice has become more familiar with the business with roles in film and television including Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, and People of Earth.
Although she has tried to talk about her experiences,
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 fuck off forever. https://t.co/YxGHiSYMrJ
— Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) July 18, 2018
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.
— Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) July 18, 2018
How do you know I didn’t speak up? Just because you didn’t hear about it? I didn’t realize HBO HR is supposed to contact you.
— Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) July 18, 2018
Don’t hate the player hate the game, in that case. I think the piece going under was ultimately my fault. I don’t know how to talk about this yet in a way that doesn’t muddy the waters of #MeToo but DOES help people understand and do better.
— Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) July 18, 2018
