Overview
- On her 90210MG podcast, Spelling said Hilary Swank returned from a producer meeting saying she had been let go and was “hysterically crying.”
- Spelling recalled Swank fearing the dismissal meant she would “never gonna make it” in the industry.
- Swank played Carly Reynolds during season eight of Beverly Hills, 90210, and the show wrote the character out after about 16 episodes.
- Swank has said she landed Boys Don’t Cry roughly two months later, winning Best Actress at the 2000 Oscars and adding a second win in 2005.
- Spelling noted that leaving the series cleared Swank to audition for Boys Don’t Cry, illustrating how casting decisions can redirect careers.