Alison Brie calls ‘GLOW’ cancellation “the heartbreak of my career”

Alison Brie has reflected on the cancellation of GLOW a few years ago, calling it the “great heartbreak of [her] career”.

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The Netflix show, which follows the women’s professional wrestling circuits in the 1980s

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was axed in 2020 after three seasons, having initially been renewed for a fourth.

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Speaking to Decider about the decision, the actress admitted: “It’s the great heartbreak of my career

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But it will forever live on as, like, this great thing. I loved working on it – maybe more than anything I’ve worked on!

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and I miss it a lot. But I feel very grateful for the time I had on the show.”

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