tokyo sports article about sawajiri erika...
take it with a grain of salt...
i wont translate word for word but...
basically it says that erika's acting career is on thin ice. after erika's little public problem there are broadcasting companies that have banned her from being on their channels, one of them is fuji tv.
in order to do damage control, erika who was supposed to appear at PIFF will no longer be going. even if she wants to go she's been on house arrest so yea...

there are a lot more people saying "NO" to erika now. one of more well known companies is fuji tv, but fuji has been saying "NO" to erika since 1 liter of tears.
whilst 1liter was a very popular show, the behind the scenes wasn't as lovely. erika was almost the cause of 1liter not even being aired.
one crew member says, "on the day of a filming the real mother of the character erika was portraying had visited the set. she had asked if erika could act even the littlest things out so that the public could be more aware of the disease."
but erika's response to that request was, "excuse me? even if you don't tell me these things, a role like this is easy because it's me!"
due to erika's response the mother exclaimed that she could not let someone like erika play the lead role. the staff was able to calm down the mother and apologized furiously. the head of dramas heard this and said, "no longer use sawjiri!"
the CM erika is doing right now, due to erika's bad image at the moment, they think it'll be hard to resign her
this is just my own thought...
but if you watch the 1 liter of tears extra footage...
it shows the mother coming on the set.
and this is totally just me...
but if i were erika and i acted in such a drama...
playing the role of such a person...
i would cry meeting the real mother.
but erika is very distance and almost cold...
at that time i didnt even know who erika was...
but i thought...ah...she's a little distant.
but then the lady that played the mother...meets the real mother...
and she instantly cried. that's what i had expected erika to do...
because as soon as i saw the real mother, i even cried.
anyway...if what that article said is true...wow. just wow