Veteran actor James Cromwell was escorted out of an event in New Windsor, New York on Tuesday night. Cromwell and another heckler were protesting an energy company, which received an award at the event.
According to the Times Herald-Record, the event was hosted by Orange County Partnership and over 600 people were in attendance. Cromwell, who lives in Warwick, and Pramilla Malick of Minisink protested the CPV Valley Energy Center, which they believe is dangerous for the environment and people living in the area.
“The last thing CPV should be doing is getting an award for polluting our Hudson Valley,” Malick told the Times Herald-Record after being escorted out of the event.
CPV received the Golden Shovel award and no one else joined Malick and Cromwell to protest. Orange County Partnership CEO Maureen Halahan described the scene as a “little hiccup.”
“I don’t think anyone cared … Nobody booed CPV,” Halahan told the Times Herald-Record. “There were 650 business people who support programs that turn on the lights in their homes, and the people who crashed the party probably have lights in their homes as well.”
As the Associated Press notes, the 75-year-old Cromwell is best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in Babe. His other credits include The Green Mile, The Artist, L.A. Confidential and TNT’s Murder in the First.