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Julianne Moore Fired For 'Bad Acting' From Turkish Tourist Board Film

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Julianne Moore, the winner of Best Actress at this year’s Oscars, has reportedly been fired from a job for the Turkish tourist board.

Moore, who scooped the coveted gong for her role in ‘Still Alice’, was to be the face of tourism for the country, fronting a short film for the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

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But officials claimed that the results were not up to snuff.

A source close to the production told Turkish news outlet Hurriyet Daily News that ‘poor acting’ was the reason that the project was axed.

A first version of the film was made, according to reports, but officials then demanded a reshoot.

Moore is said to have declined, meaning that the whole project was binned.

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There has been no official statement on the matter, says Hurriyet, because the project was being handled by an agency, and ‘the ministry does not comment on unfinished projects’.

The film was shot in Los Angeles last year, and was due to be aired in Turkey in February.

It showed Moore travelling on a plane, revisiting childhood journeys to Turkey.

But the choice of Moore when it was announced last year was criticised by advertisers and politicians in the country, who deemed her to have a ‘depressing persona’.

Emre Yücel, the owner of the Iconisus & I Mean It agency is said to have lost out on $1.5 million due to the cancellation of the project, worth $4 million.

Speaking in an interview last year, Yücel defended the choice of using Moore to front the promo, saying that she appealed to a broad section of the people Turkish tourism was targeting, from British people and the middle-aged to wealthy potential tourists.

“I can’t understand why she is not liked here,” he said.

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