Anderson: Sony Ditched 'Salt Path' Deal After Scandal
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- Gillian Anderson said Sony exited a deal to distribute 'The Salt Path' after a scandal broke last summer over alleged fabrications in the supposedly true story
- Anderson starred in the film adaptation alongside Jason Isaacs
- The film is based on a memoir of the same name by Ray and Moth Winn, which was presented as a true story
- Anderson characterized Sony's departure as feeling 'like such a betrayal,' per the headline framing of her remarks
Why it matters: A studio publicly walking away from a finished film — and its lead actor publicly naming the studio — is unusual; for the memoir-to-film pipeline, a named distributor exit over credibility concerns creates a precedent that may make studios more cautious about acquiring true-story adaptations whose underlying claims are contested.
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