Terry Gilliam has broken his silence after his show was cancelled by The Old Vic

He said he never thought 'freedom of recommendation' would be under threat

Monty Python star was set to co-direct Into The Woods when show cancelled

Comedian Terry Gilliam has broken his silence after his show was cancelled by The Old Vic theatre and said he never thought 'freedom of recommendation' would be under threat.

The Monty Python star, 81, was set to co-direct Stephen Sondheim's musical Into The Woods next year when the iconic theatre in London announced the production had been called off last month.

The move came after Gilliam urged his 495,000 Facebook followers to watch US comedian Dave Chappelle's controversial new Netflix show, The Closer. 

In a post on social media the actor has now said his 'unspeakable crime' was recommending to his Facebook followers to watch a show by a 'brilliant and provocative American comedian'. 

He went on to say it was 'very sad' that a 'great cultural institution like The Old Vic allowed itself to be intimidated into cancelling our production'.