David Harbour Drops Out of New Movie After Missing ‘Stranger Things’ Event

David Harbour has dropped out of the upcoming drama Behemoth! following his absence from a recent Stranger Things event.

The actor, 50, has stepped back from his role in the Tony Gilroy-directed film, which also stars Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde, a Searchlight Pictures rep confirmed to Variety Tuesday. (DeuxMoi was first to report news of Harbour’s exit.)

Multiple insiders familiar with the film told Variety that Harbour was overwhelmed by the ending of Stranger Things, which came in three installments from November to late December, and had stepped to rest.

Harbour’s Behemoth! role has reportedly been recast, but his replacement has not been named.

Behemoth! follows “a musician from a family of musicians who returns to Los Angeles,” according to the official logline, and acts as “a love letter to the music of the movies and the people who make it.”

News of Harbour’s withdrawal comes just weeks after he was absent from the Paley Center’s Stranger Things: The Final Season Celebration in New York City on Dec. 18. Harbour was initially scheduled to appear alongside his castmates at the event, but when the day came, Harbour was absent due to what was described as a scheduling conflict.

The day before, TMZ reported that Harbour got into a verbal altercation with a fellow bar patron in Encinitas, Calif., allegedly taking the other person’s hat and running out with it with the taunt of, “C’mon dude, f—ing get me.” The patron followed Harbour, and reportedly asked, “What the f— did I do to you?” before getting his hat back. Harbour has not publicly addressed the allegations.

Harbour has previously revealed his bipolar disorder diagnosis, sharing in a 2018 interview on WTF With Marc Maron that he was committed to a “mental asylum” at age 25 following a manic episode.

“Here’s the interesting thing, which I’ve actually never truly spoken about publicly,” he said. “I actually was in this Catholicism thing … and I was sober for like a year and a half, I was 25, and I actually did have a manic episode and I was diagnosed as bipolar.”

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