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'The Bastard Executioner' starring Ed Sheeran is axed

Kurt Sutter's latest television series 'The Bastard Executioner', which guest stars British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, has been cancelled after just one short season. 

He wrote a piece for The Hollywood Reporter explaining that the decision to axe the show was down to lousy ratings: "The audience has spoken and unfortunately the word is, 'meh'. So with due respect, we bring our mythology to an epic and fiery close."

Sutter also told Deadline that he knew the series had been cancelled for a while, but couldn't find a way to break it to the cast: "I've never worked with a higher calibre of talent from top to bottom. I love my Sons cast and the people I work with here, but U.K. actors just have a different approach to the work and are not caught up in the machine of Hollywood."

"Here (in Hollywood), people get caught up in the awareness of ratings, and reviews and what everybody thinks, and 'Am I going to have a job?' Out there, there is more of a journeyman approach to acting... They just focus on the work. I started out with people who'd never worked together before, with some doing their first TV series work, and as the show progressed over the two-hour pilot and eight episodes, they bonded so much. They loved the work, and the characters in this ensemble."

"I was there in the finale, and I knew at that point the fate of the show, and I could tell there was no awareness of it, which was a bit heartbreaking and kind of beautiful. They didn't know anything was coming and I couldn't tell them. I just wanted to let them know now what an amazing experience this was for me."

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Watch a clip of Sheeran starring in 'The Bastard Executioner' here:

 

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