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Fox pulls scene from 'The Predator' after director Shane Black casts a registered sex offender (tr)
LA Times ^ | September 6, 2018 | Amy Kaufman

Posted on 09/06/2018 8:06:08 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Twentieth Century Fox was just days away from locking picture on “The Predator” when an urgent note came in: Delete the scene featuring Steven Wilder Striegel.

Striegel, 47, didn’t have a big role in his longtime friend Shane Black’s reboot of the sci-fi thriller — just a three-page scene shared with actress Olivia Munn.

But last month, Munn learned that Striegel is a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty in 2010 after facing allegations that he attempted to lure a 14-year-old female into a sexual relationship via the internet. When Munn shared the information with Fox on Aug. 15, studio executives quickly decided to excise him from the movie.

“Our studio was not aware of Mr. Striegel’s background when he was hired,” a Fox spokesperson said in a statement to The Times. “We were not aware of his background during the casting process due to legal limitations that impede studios from running background checks on actors.”

Black, however, has always known.

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To: EdnaMode
The industry didn't care about Weinstein and Polanski either until recently.

Polanski is an artiste and Weinstein had power. This guy is just one step above an extra.

21 posted on 09/06/2018 8:34:34 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: jyo19

And once you are arrested, you’ll be the victim of one. Taht’s just Hollyweird.


22 posted on 09/06/2018 8:39:02 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: cuban leaf
Yup!

"Are you now, or have ever been, a member of the Communist Party?"

And the Left holds THAT as the measure of oppression and unfairness.

Joseph McCarthy, the original Literally Hitler.

23 posted on 09/06/2018 8:39:28 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: EdnaMode

So.... method actor?


24 posted on 09/06/2018 8:46:40 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Recasst the part, maybe with Al Franken, and add some bit roles for Louie C.K. and Roman Polanski.

25 posted on 09/06/2018 8:55:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

I really hope that the movie tanks on opening weekend and Fox blames Olivia Munn and never works with her again.


26 posted on 09/06/2018 9:06:03 AM PDT by jyo19
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To: Rummyfan

The Nice Guys is the best movie I’ve seen in years.


27 posted on 09/06/2018 9:06:42 AM PDT by jyo19
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To: EdnaMode

NBC WOULD HAVE COVERED FOR HIM...


28 posted on 09/06/2018 9:27:13 AM PDT by GOPJ (Anonymous & the Shoeless Joe Jackson cabal need to resign. President Trump deserves honest employees)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Careful around that 3rd rail of sex offenders being held responsible for their crimes for eternity, even after they have paid their judge ordered punishment to the state and made all restitutions put on them.

Murders are forgiven, paroled and given second chances in society. Get put on the sex offenders list and you are punished for life.


29 posted on 09/06/2018 9:40:26 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
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