REPORT: Pepe Le Pew Scene Cut Out Of Space Jam Sequel
According to reports the beloved Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew has been cut from the upcoming Warner Bros sequel to Space Jam: A New Legacy.
According to a report from Deadline a scene in the upcoming Lebron James featured Looney Tunes movie which featured Pepe Le Pew has been cut from the film.
The scene allegedly featured the romantic skunk hitting on a woman and having a drink thrown on him in disgust.
Deadline detailed the scene in their report as follows:
Pepe was set to appear in a black-and-white Casablanca-like Rick’s Cafe sequence. Pepe, playing a bartender, starts hitting on a woman at the bar played by [Greice Santo]. He begins kissing her arm, which she pulls back, then slamming Pepe into the chair next to hers. She then pours her drink on Pepe, and slaps him hard, sending him spinning in a stool, which is then stopped by LeBron James’ hand.
James and Bugs Bunny are looking for Lola, and Pepe knows her whereabouts. Pepe then tells the guys that Penelope cat has filed a restraining order against him. James makes a remark in the script that Pepe can’t grab other Tunes without their consent.
Actress Greice Santo is reportedly furious about the scene being removed, as victim of sexual harassment she believed the scene showed the consequences of sexual harassment.
A spokesperson for Santo stated that, “Now the scene is cut, and she doesn’t have that power to influence the world through younger generations who’ll be watching Space Jam 2, to let younger girls and younger boys know that Pepe’s behavior is unacceptable.”
The news of Pepe Le Pew being removed from the upcoming Space Jam movie comes on the heels of a New York Times Op-Ed written by columnist Charles Blow where he claimed the skunk, “normalized rape culture.”
Deadline did however state in their report that the scene had been removed prior to the NYT Op-Ed and that the two were not related.
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