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Velma was gay in original script

posted 2 years ago by jk90us (7138)
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Co-screenwriter James Gunn said Velma was openly gay in his original screenplay but the studio kept watering it down and finally dropped it during rewrites.

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[–] moviechatterer (15583) 2 years ago

is that good or bad? I lose track

[–] jk90us (7138) 2 years ago

Good. She wasn’t portrayed as gay in the original cartoons so pointless to have it in the movies.

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) 2 years ago

Exactly right

[–] Kowalski (75523) a year ago

WHO WAS PORTRAYED AS GAY IN ANY CARTOON BEFORE THE LAST FEW YEARS?

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I just want to see Daphne & Velma get it on...what's wrong with that? It's totally disease free.

[–] jk90us (7138) 2 years ago

Agreed! They experimented in college.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14381) 2 years ago

Probably because in those times, the studio was smart enough to know it would ruin the movie if they added that BS.

[–] jk90us (7138) 2 years ago

Absolutely.

[–] darkpast (8716) a year ago

💣

[–] greenbudgie (2355) a year ago

Just a thought on the look of Velma since her creation in general. With her muscular legs and her spectacles, she reminds me of Billie Jean Moffatt/King. Billie Jean started winning her big tennis tournaments a couple of years before the original TV series. This makes me wonder if Velma's look was based, consciously or unconsciously, on Billie Jean.