Good on Olivia Munn for taking a stand!
The actress has spoken out publicly about an unsettling incident while filming her upcoming movie The Predator, where one of the actors who played a small role in the film — Steven Wilder Striegel — turned out to be a registered sex offender!
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Worse yet, Striegel is apparently a buddy of director Shane Black, and received preferential treatment for the role while Black allegedly never informed the actors or crew about casting a registered sex offender to appear and work on set!
Despicable!
Back in 2010, Striegel pled guilty to attempting “to lure a 14-year-old female into a sexual relationship via the internet,” according to reporting done by the L.A. Times.
Thankfully, at least, when Fox found out about Striegel’s background, they immediately cut his scene from the film. He played a jogger who made REPEATED sexual advances on Munn’s character. Ick.
Olivia spoke out about it now, in a statement released to the media today (below):
“[It was] both surprising and unsettling that Shane Black, our director, did not share this information to the cast, crew, or Fox Studios prior to, during, or after production … [I was] relieved that when Fox finally did receive the information, the studio took appropriate action by deleting the scene featuring Wilder prior to release of the film.”
Amen!!!
Late last night, amid this controversy, Munn tweeted this message (below), too:
My mom taught me to stand up & say “That’s not okay” Even if you find yourself standing alone, speak up. Even if people get mad at you, speak up. It’s not our job to stay silent so that others can stay comfortable. Use your voice to shape the world or others will shape it for us. pic.twitter.com/NL4bIQNSGj
— Olivia Munn (@oliviamunn) September 6, 2018
Good stuff, Olivia!
Inspiring!
And shame on you, Shane Black — because this is far from the first time you’ve casted Striegel AFTER his offense… learn your damn lesson!!!
[Image via WENN.]
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