Ritchson claims studios pressured him to stop political commentary

In the space where art, commerce, and conscience intersect, actor Alan Ritchson has stepped forward with a claim that speaks to a tension as old as patronage itself: that those who hold the purse strings may also seek to hold the tongue. Speaking at a public fan event in Canada, the star of Amazon's 'Reacher' alleged that major studios, including Sony, have repeatedly urged him to silence his political voice — and further, that a storyline confronting White supremacist violence was shelved in the wake of Donald Trump's re-election. His account, unconfirmed by the studios named, opens a window