{"id":2396543,"date":"2026-04-30T19:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2396543"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:16:27","slug":"tori-spelling-recalls-hilary-swank-hysterically-crying-when-she-was-fired-from-90210-before-she-landed-award-winning-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tori-spelling-recalls-hilary-swank-hysterically-crying-when-she-was-fired-from-90210-before-she-landed-award-winning-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Tori Spelling Recalls Hilary Swank &#8216;Hysterically Crying&#8217; When She Was Fired From \u201c90210 \u201dBefore She Landed Award-Winning Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tori Spelling recalls Hilary Swank \u201chysterically crying\u201d after being fired from <em>Beverly Hills, 90210<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spelling says that Swank feared at the time that losing the role meant her career was over<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But the setback ultimately led to Swank&#8217;s role in <em>Boys Don&#8217;t Cry<\/em>, which earned her an Academy Award<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/tori-spelling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Tori Spelling;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tori Spelling<\/a>\u00a0is looking back on the moment <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/hilary-swank\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Hilary Swank;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hilary Swank<\/a>\u00a0was fired from her stint on\u00a0<em>Beverly Hills, 90210<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jennie-garth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jennie Garth;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jennie Garth<\/a> in the Friday, Apr. 17 episode of their\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-9021omg-72174382\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:90210MG\u00a0podcast;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>90210MG<\/em>\u00a0podcast<\/a>,\u00a0Spelling, 52, recalled the day Swank, 51, learned she was being written off the hit series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo now everyone out there, please, this is from my perspective and my memory&#8217;s sake. I&#8217;m not gonna get it verbatim what she said. But from this is how I saw it go down,\u201d Spelling began, setting the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She explained that at the time, the two actresses had grown close while working together on the long-running show. Swank played Carly Reynolds, a single mother and Peach Pit waitress who was a love interest for Steve Sanders during the show&#8217;s eighth season. Although hired as a regular cast member, she was written out of the show after appearing in only 16 episodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>90210 cast<br \/>Credit: Everett<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe were all in our dressing rooms. Hilary and I had become quite close. I had gone out with her and Chad, and we had hung out,\u201d she said, referencing Swank&#8217;s then-husband Chad Lowe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued: \u201cI was kind of her safe place on set, and she would talk to me about everything. And she said, &#8230; &#8216;Paul Wagner wants to talk to me in his office. Do you know what it&#8217;s about?&#8217; And I didn&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spelling then waited nearby as Swank went into the meeting and returned moments later, devastated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo she goes in, and she comes back, and she&#8217;s crying, and she comes into my dressing room. We shut the door and she said, &#8216;I just got let go. I&#8217;m being fired from the show,&#8217; \u201d Spelling recounted. \u201cAnd I was like, &#8216;What?&#8217; I hadn&#8217;t heard any of this, we didn&#8217;t know. She was hysterically crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-puzzler-8620185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What stuck with Spelling most was Swank&#8217;s fear about what the setback meant for her future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd I just remember\u2014 and I&#8217;m not going to get this wording correct \u2014 she was like, &#8216;Oh my god. If I get fired off of <em>90210<\/em>, I&#8217;m never gonna make it.&#8217; \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As Spelling pointed out, that unexpected turn ultimately opened the door for one of the most defining roles of Swank&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe ironic thing is if she had stayed on <em>90210<\/em>, she would not have been able to audition for <em>Boys Don&#8217;t Cry<\/em>. She would not have been able to get that role, do that role and then win an Academy Award,&#8221; Spelling said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spelling acknowledged that at the time, the show was no longer at its peak, saying: \u201cBut she really felt like\u2026 we were in our eighth season. It wasn&#8217;t like we were in our prime anymore\u2026 like, &#8216;Gosh, if I can&#8217;t keep a gig on a series on TV that&#8217;s popular, I&#8217;m never making it anywhere. Like, my career&#8217;s over.&#8217; \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swank went on to star in the 1999 film, earning her first Academy Award and launching her into Hollywood&#8217;s top tier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tori-spelling-says-hilary-swank-was-hysterically-crying-when-she-was-fired-from-90210-11952594\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Tori Spelling recalls Hilary Swank \u201chysterically crying\u201d after being fired from Beverly Hills, 90210 Spelling says that Swank feared at the time that losing the role meant her career was over But the setback ultimately led to Swank&#8217;s role in Boys Don&#8217;t Cry, which earned her an Academy Award Tori Spelling\u00a0is looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2396544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[413920,467748,365099,352580,401435,467749,314645],"class_list":["post-2396543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-413920","tag-90210-cast","tag-academy-award","tag-beverly-hills","tag-hilary-swank","tag-hysterically-crying","tag-tori-spelling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tori-Spelling-Recalls-Hilary-Swank-Hysterically-Crying-When-She-Was.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396545,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396543\/revisions\/2396545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}