THE PREDATOR Director Shane Black Releases Another Statement After Today's Controversy

THE PREDATOR Director Shane Black Releases Another Statement After Today's Controversy

Earlier today, we found out that Shane Black had given a friend of his a scene in The Predator despite being aware of his criminal past, and now the director has issued another statement on the matter...

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 06, 2018 04:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Predator
Source: Via THR
Controversy has been swirling around The Predator and Shane Black since the news broke that the director had given a small part in the film to a friend of his, Steven Wilder Striegel, despite being aware of the fact that he was a registered sex offender.

Olivia Munn, who shared a scene with Striegel, brought this to the studio's attention and the sequence was removed from the final cut - but it was too late to stop the inevitable backlash.

At the time, Black claimed that he wasn't aware of the extent of his friend's crimes, and has now elaborated with a follow-up statement:

“Having read this morning’s news reports, it has sadly become clear to me that I was misled by a friend I really wanted to believe was telling me the truth when he described the circumstances of his conviction. I believe strongly in giving people second chances - but sometimes you discover that chance is not as warranted as you may have hoped.

After learning more about the affidavit, transcripts and additional details surrounding Steve Striegel’s sentence, I am deeply disappointed in myself. I apologize to all of those, past and present, I’ve let down by having Steve around them without giving them a voice in the decision.”

Munn has since responded over Twitter, and it doesn't sound like she's buying it:


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Hardfelt
Hardfelt - 9/6/2018, 4:16 PM
It's very difficult to know whether there is truth to this or whether it is just the case of us covering uo, but it's fair to say that thee are sexual offenders everywhere - not just in Hollywood; and it is an indictment on The Cult of Personality and 24/7 media news cycle that we are focusing on this in particular, when people would be working with criminals all the time in itjer walks of life and not knowing it.
RocknRolla
RocknRolla - 9/6/2018, 4:56 PM
@Hardfelt - you can put labels to everything these days. Technically anyone who looks at porn is considered a pervert or a sexual deviant. But I'd wager that 98% of the people that comment or post on this site are probably into that. I do agree it's not the same thing but it is also a matter of how you look at it
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 9/6/2018, 5:03 PM
@RocknRolla - "Technically anyone who looks at porn is considered a pervert or a sexual deviant. But I'd wager that 98% of the people that comment or post on this site are probably into that."



Admitting it is the first step.











Wait this isn't Fanboys Anonymous?
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/6/2018, 5:39 PM
@RocknRolla - I don't mind a bit of porn.
Franshu
Franshu - 9/6/2018, 4:22 PM
" He made a “personal choice” to continually work with a convicted sex offender, but I didn’t have a choice. That decision was made for me. And that’s not okay."

So... did the guy do anything to Munn on the set or is she offended for the sake of it?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 9/6/2018, 4:23 PM
@Franshu - I think she is offended that she had to work with a convicted sex offender. Not that the guy did anything to her, but the fact she was near someone with his status is alarming to her. At least that's how I read this all.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/6/2018, 4:28 PM
@Franshu - If you started a job and weren't told ahead of time that you'd be working with a pedophile, you'd be fine with that?
Franshu
Franshu - 9/6/2018, 4:28 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Eh I see. I dunno, it's a tricky situation: on the one hand, it's a person who's evidently dangerous. On the otehr hand, he's not in prison, so evidently acting like he should be thrown into a pit of snakes and left there feels like it goes against the more humane attitude of re-integrating a former convict into society.

I don't know the full extent of the story, though. Maybe he was convicted just now or something, and it's not like he served his sentence and was released from prison yet or anything.
Franshu
Franshu - 9/6/2018, 4:29 PM
@RorMachine - As far as I know, anyone I know could suddenly be outed as a pedophile and I wouldn't have known beforehand, so whatever.
Menks123
Menks123 - 9/6/2018, 4:31 PM
@Franshu - That's cool...

Us normal people would like a heads up working with a pedophile, especially if they bring their young children to work with them. Munn most definitely was in the right here, and Black is one stupid person for doing this without even mentioning it to cast and crew.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/6/2018, 4:35 PM
@Franshu - But that's... not what we're talking about here?
Franshu
Franshu - 9/6/2018, 4:36 PM
@Menks123 - It's a fair point, don't get me wrong. I'm just wondering, on broader strokes, just how serious is society about former convicts being re-intergrated into society, or rather marginalized and subjected to prejudices even past their release from prison.
But I agree, a little wartning on Black's part would have been the right thing to do, regardless of whatever (ubnderstandable... heck, even justified) prejudices that could've sprung up
Menks123
Menks123 - 9/6/2018, 4:41 PM
@Franshu - I said it in another thread about this, but to sum it up...a man or woman who is a pedophile does not deserve a second chance of starring in big time films. There are things in this world that are just no bueno, and that is near the top.

You want rehab your life, fine, go work somewhere that doesn't get you on the big screen and away from kids. Go work in a cubicle or a over the phone salesman. You're god damn right the person should be marginalized, the girl was 14 years old.
Elle79
Elle79 - 9/6/2018, 4:57 PM
@RorMachine - Chances are that you have worked with someone who was a criminal without knowing. We probably all have. Grow up.
Franshu
Franshu - 9/6/2018, 4:58 PM
@Menks123 - On that line of thought, maybe that kinda people shouldnt be released from prison at all, then. I mean, that'd be the least risky option, better even than having the person work in a cubicle or whatever. Maybe Society should be honest and drop this charade that prison is intended to reintegrate people into society in the first place, and secondly for punishment, and instead call it what it is: punishment, without forgiveness for certain crimes, which was the old conception of what a prison should be for up till the late XIX century.
Franshu
Franshu - 9/6/2018, 4:59 PM
@RorMachine - Sorry, I tend to go philosophical on this kind of stuff, sometimes it sounds more like I'm being contrarian just for the sake of it. It got me thinking on former convicts and how serious society is about reintegrating them, or if that is even possible or desireable, or if prejudices should be sustained past imprisonment is due even if they go against that goal... And also, how many people we know should be subject of the same prejudices but isn't until it's too late.
Menks123
Menks123 - 9/6/2018, 5:01 PM
@Franshu - The problem is, to me...many times they get off too easy and don't serve enough. From the LA Times "Striegel served six months in jail after pleading guilty to two felonies — risk of injury to a child and enticing a minor by computer."

You only get 6 months for that? 6 months won't fix that disgusting act, and to be able to go right on into Iron Man 3, is bizarre. I know it is a minor role, but cmon...

I could go on and on about this, but he just does not deserve a 2nd chance showing his face in prominent films. Could just be my opinion, but I stick with it.
Franshu
Franshu - 9/6/2018, 5:06 PM
@Menks123 - Very good point, I wholeheartedly agree. 6 months for such a crime feels like too little for someone like that to be reformed, indeed
Elle79
Elle79 - 9/6/2018, 5:08 PM
@Menks123 - Thank you for making a public display of how virtuous you are. We are all very impressed!
Menks123
Menks123 - 9/6/2018, 5:09 PM
@Elle79 - Thanks man, i'm not a big fan of actual pedophiles.
Elle79
Elle79 - 9/6/2018, 5:11 PM
@Menks123 - Oh yeah? So then you didn’t go see X-Men Apocalypse, right?
Menks123
Menks123 - 9/6/2018, 5:15 PM
@Elle79 - I didn't go and pay for it, I unfortunately saw it on HBO in my home.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 9/6/2018, 5:18 PM
@Franshu - I'm sure the previous harassment she was subjected to has made her extremely sensitive about working with someone like that.
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