The reason was allegedly a scandalous sequel scene, which was filmed by the first director of the film, after which it was cut out for editing. The character was supposed to appear in a black and white scene in the spirit of Casablanca“Playing the bartender.
In this episode, he began to molest the heroine of the actress Grace Santokissing her hand against the will of the girl, after which he received a slap from her. They poured a drink on his head, and then the cartoons told the character that “you can’t just grab anyone without consent.”
At the same time, the actress herself seemed to be upset that the episode was removed from the film, because she wanted to show that “you can’t do that.”
In addition, not so long ago in The New York Times an article appeared that the hero Pepe was also to blame for the “normalization of the culture of rape.” True, according to Deadline, the character was removed from the tape long before that.
The premiere of the picture in the Russian box office will take place on July 15, and on the 16th it should appear on HBO Max.
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