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Monster Hunter Movie Director Apologises for Insensitive Joke from MC Jin’s Improvised Dialogue, Deleting the Line from All International Versions
The movie Monster Hunter was pulled from all cinemas in China after only being screened for one day, as one of the actors in the movie, MC Jin, faced backlashes for his culturally insensitive line in the movie. Following MC Jin’s apology, Paul WS Anderson, director of the movie, also issued an apology regarding the issue, promising to remove the line in all versions released around the world. Co-star Milla Jovovich mentioned that the joke was improvised by MC Jin on set. She felt that it was an unfortunate, honest mistake from MC Jin and his offense was not intentional.
According to a report on Deadline, Anderson apologised in his statement for unintentionally offending the Chinese audiences. He further stated that he was shocked and embarrassed by the incident and promised to respectfully remove the line as it was not his intention to convey a discriminatory and disrespectful message in his movie. The removal will not only be seen in the Chinese version of the movie, but also in all versions released globally.
#MonsterHunter #MCJin #PaulSWAnderson #China
Source: Stand News #Dec11
https://bit.ly/38Q06V8
The movie Monster Hunter was pulled from all cinemas in China after only being screened for one day, as one of the actors in the movie, MC Jin, faced backlashes for his culturally insensitive line in the movie. Following MC Jin’s apology, Paul WS Anderson, director of the movie, also issued an apology regarding the issue, promising to remove the line in all versions released around the world. Co-star Milla Jovovich mentioned that the joke was improvised by MC Jin on set. She felt that it was an unfortunate, honest mistake from MC Jin and his offense was not intentional.
According to a report on Deadline, Anderson apologised in his statement for unintentionally offending the Chinese audiences. He further stated that he was shocked and embarrassed by the incident and promised to respectfully remove the line as it was not his intention to convey a discriminatory and disrespectful message in his movie. The removal will not only be seen in the Chinese version of the movie, but also in all versions released globally.
#MonsterHunter #MCJin #PaulSWAnderson #China
Source: Stand News #Dec11
https://bit.ly/38Q06V8