Steven Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY - News & Discussion Thread- Page 5

[Globefan]

Posted: 6/19/20 at 10:29pm

Maybe we should create a new thread for the Ansel situation. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/19/20 at 10:32pm

Considering the Twitter user deleted the post entirely, and it's a non event, there would be nothing to put in that thread.  

[Musical Master]

Posted: 6/19/20 at 10:44pm

It would be awful if this was pushed back, this movie alongside the upcoming Dune, were the two I was looking forward the most in December.

[starcatchers]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 12:36am

Sutton Ross said: "Considering the Twitter user deleted the post entirely, and it's a non event, there would be nothing to put in that thread."

She didn’t delete it, her account is locked. 

[RW3]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 10:25pm

Ansel has put out a statement

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrc56ABpWn/

[Globefan]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 10:47pm

RW3 said: "Ansel has put out a statement

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrc56ABpWn/"

People are still giving him a hard time in the comments 

[briankershawjr]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 11:09pm

First off it won’t be moved back not cancel. They might give him a hard time with it but I believe he will bounce back . I’m just waiting on a statement from Disney and Spielberg

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 12:52am

I believe him and think it was a good statement. The movie will do well and this will be long forgotten 6 months from now, in my opinion. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 7:02am

If everyone I’ve ghosted joined forces, I would be executed within days. He fully acknowledges her and their relationship. At the age of 20! He obviously ghosted her and years later, she’s still pissed. Milking the rape card now. I’m curious to hear what is she expecting to come from this? Shut up and go away money? Jail time for Ansel? A brand new Land Rover? A role in his next film? A dance studio in New Jersey? She probably expected lots of other gals to join in and say the same things about him but zero has surfaced. Girl be pissed. She be like, where ma gurls at?

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 8:50am

Isaac Powell on Instagram yesterday

 

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 10:09am

That seems distasteful of Issac?

[Globefan]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 10:09am

If Spielberg has to recast, at least he'd know Isaac is available 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 11:04am

Globefan said: "If Spielberg has to recast, at least he'd know Isaac is available"

This whole Ansel Elgort thing has deflated quite quickly.  The girl deleted the Tweet and locked her account.  No one issued any statement regarding the situation aside from Ansel admitting to dating this girl when he was 20 and ghosting her.  We can move on from this at this point.  Whatever intentions she had backfired on her.  

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 11:25am

Not like Isaac is in a cast of saints himself.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/21/20 at 12:39pm

Not to mention he's a nobody who has been in like 1.5 Broadway shows....

[Musical Master]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 3:24pm

Yeah that was...quite tacky to say the least.

[Hot Pants]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 4:33pm

I can understand that Powell would obviously jump at the opportunity to be in that show and increase his profile, but that was kind of tasteless, especially since he’s in a production with someone who’s clearly guilty of being a sexual deviant.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 4:40pm

And he was dead silent during all the protests, but the day an accusation came out that would potentially benefit his career he suddenly had something to say.

Anyway, they will not be doing reshoots for this film because of these accusations and anyone who thinks that is a possibility is delusional.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 4:41pm

Yeah, he never said a thing about Garbage Amar because it did not benefit him at the time. Sickening. 

[Musical Master]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 4:52pm

TotallyEffed said: "And he was dead silent during all the protests, but the day an accusation came out that would potentially benefit his career he suddenly had something to say.

Anyway, they will not be doing reshoots for this film because of these accusations and anyone who thinks that is a possibility is delusional."

Plus, Disney hasn't done anything when the controversies hit the upcoming Mulan remake. You can bet they won't do anything with this either.

 

[Hot Pants]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 4:53pm

Sutton Ross said: "Yeah, he never said a thing about Garbage Amarbecause it did not benefit him at the time. Sickening."

I already thought he came across as a bit of a jerk when he lashed out towards anyone disliking his production’s changes, but his morality so quickly bending to whatever will help him really brings him down in my book.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 5:04pm

What is Spielberg or the producers supposed to do? Have charges been pressed? Has he been found guilty? What is he even accused of? The statement that girl released was very strange and vague, and she has since deleted it. Regretting a sexual experience doesn’t mean you were assaulted. This mob mentality without a fair trial is just insane to me. People are calling for him to be replaced in a major motion picture and have his role totally reshot?? We don’t even know what happened yet!

If he is found guilty of rape or assault I absolutely understand why people would have an issue with him in the film, just as I understood why people felt uncomfortable with Amar. The two times I’ve seen him on stage I’ve been distracted by his presence, because I know he is a sleazy guy who did really gross things.

It upsets me because this is why so many people, especially women, are afraid to come out when they have been sexually abused or assaulted. People like that girl who issued the statement about Aziz Ansari completely detract from people who have actually been raped and assaulted. Again, just because a sexual experience was uncomfortable or you regret it doesn’t mean your partner sexually assaulted you.

[joevitus]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 5:15pm

It wasn't vague in the least. She claims he forced her into her first penetrative sexual experience, it hurt, she said stop and he didn't, instead claiming she needed to be "broken in." Then he disappeared from her life. Zero vaugery. Is it true? That I do not know. 

The whole idea of reshoots is absurd. You're going to reshoot all the location word done with Tony? You'd almost be remaking the entire film. How could that happen? They going to blue screen the new actor in?

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 5:22pm

The statement I read didn’t say anything about force or her telling him to stop. I’m also curious about what the age of consent is in her state.

For the record, him using her for sex and then ghosting her is a really ****ty thing to do and I’m not defending that at all.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/23/20 at 5:23pm

Stop lying, she said nothing about being forced in her made up for attention statement

And it's cute that you joined the DAY the casting of WSS happened and defending Amar for weeeeeeks yet you are defending a rando that made up something for attention?

Really, just adorable AF. 

The age of consent in New York State is 17, where the relationship happened.