Megyn Kelly character cut from Showtime's Fox News Roger Ailes limited series

The Hollywood Reporter

The Showtime version of the former Fox News anchor already had a limited role on the eight-episode series based on Gabriel Sherman's book The Loudest Voice in the Room. The decision comes days after Charlize Theron was photographed portraying Kelly on the set of the movie based on Fox News' sexual harassment scandal. "Megyn Kelly was a peripheral participant in Ailes’ downfall," says Sherman, who co-wrote the first episode. "It was Gretchen Carlson and her lawyer Nancy Erika Smith who drove the events that led to Ailes’ ouster. ... By the time (Kelly) spoke to investigators, Ailes’ fate had been sealed. Any dramatization that makes her a central character in Ailes’ takedown is pure fiction."