Frank Darabont, the former showrunner of the hit AMC series "The Walking Dead," slammed the network's executives in a recently opened deposition he provided in September as part of his lawsuit against the network, it was revealed this week.
Darabont, who was fired in 2011 during the show's second-season production, accused executives of cutting the budget of the show, disregarding the cast and crew's hard work and hardly ever visiting the set while he's there, Entertainment Weekly reported.
Darabont filed a lawsuit for breach of contract against the network in December 2013 and accused it of cheating him out of millions of earnings.
Darabont who adapted the show from the comic book in 2010, served as its producer and executive producer until he was removed from the show, which left all cast and crew members shocked, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Also revealed in the deposition was that the executives treated Darabont wrongly. That is according to former "The Walking Dead" showrunner Glenn Mazzara, who took over duties from Darabont after his exit.
"I believe that Frank was executing his responsibilities and duties ... and there was a personal rift between [co-creator Robert] Kirkman and Darabont, and between Darabont and the AMC executives," Mazzara said, according to Rolling Stone.
In response, a spokesperson for AMC provided a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, reading, "Frank Darabont has made it clear that he has strong opinions about AMC and the events that led to his departure from The Walking Dead. The reality is that he has been paid millions of dollars under the terms of his contract, which we honored, and we will continue to vigorously defend against this lawsuit."
