aibohphobia
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Post by aibohphobia on Apr 17, 2014 1:24:56 GMT -4
‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer accused of 1999 sexual assault of teen boyI guess because Singer wasn't that well known, I hadn't heard of rumors of him and underage boys, but with this story just breaking, I've seen various comments that this was sort of common knowledge in Hollywood. I'm not sure if those stories are just heresy, but unfortunately, since Singer has made a lot of money and has a lot of power, I could see people looking the other way.
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freelancergirl
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Post by freelancergirl on Apr 17, 2014 1:30:57 GMT -4
These rumors have been around for a LONG time. I suspect this could get ugly quickly, with some well-known names dragged into the mix. (Not for having slept with under-age kids but for having either slept with Singer themselves or for looking the other way.)
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Post by Babycakes on Apr 17, 2014 1:56:44 GMT -4
Hmm...this seems like déjà vu. I seem to remember similar stories around the time the first X-Men was released about some shenanigans with underage boys in Canada.
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Karen
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Post by Karen on Apr 17, 2014 4:34:14 GMT -4
I've seen Singer's twink parties and casting couch rumours mentioned so often in ONTD comments that I wasn't surprised when I saw this headline. The Hollywood support of Polanski shows what you can get away with.
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monopoly19
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Post by monopoly19 on Apr 17, 2014 6:52:05 GMT -4
Yeah, even I'd heard this one. I must have come across around the time House premiered which was 10 years ago now. I wonder why it's coming up again now (not that it shouldn't, just curious about timing)? Singer has always seemed a bit skeevy to me and I wouldn't be surprised if it's true.
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puretrash
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Oct 21, 2006 20:07:33 GMT -4
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Post by puretrash on Apr 17, 2014 11:03:12 GMT -4
Yeah, if you just google "Bryan Singer twink", there are countless stories. He has parties with literally hundreds of twinks and they have to meet certain requirements: look as young as possible, be hairless, etc.
However, is there not a statute of limitations? How can it be proven after 15 years, unless there's recorded evidence or something?
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Post by Coffeecakes on Apr 17, 2014 12:26:44 GMT -4
All Ive heard about him is that the guy who was cast in Superman Returns slept with him for the role. Wouldn't surprise in the least. He gives off creepy vibes.
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Post by GoldenFleece on Apr 17, 2014 12:27:33 GMT -4
These rumors have been around for a LONG time. I suspect this could get ugly quickly, with some well-known names dragged into the mix. (Not for having slept with under-age kids but for having either slept with Singer themselves or for looking the other way.) I can already smell the looming PR disaster in the water, especially with it being an X-Men movie that's upcoming. Say what you want about Cate Blanchett being in Blue Jasmine, but it was never a matter of her being a victim of Woody Allen's or suspected of behaving like him. Here...it's going to be, did Sir Ian partake in the twink parties, could any of the stars who fit the profile of the type Singer likes, when they got roles in the franchise, have *possibly* been selected via the casting couch... how might their super duper star girlfriends deal with the news......someone at Fox is probably thinking, "Let's just cancel the whole global publicity tour now!" Brandon Routh might want to turn off his Google Alerts in advance...
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cancan
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Post by cancan on Apr 17, 2014 12:36:34 GMT -4
There was a rumor years ago that one of the actors in the first X-Men got his role after a hot tub session with him. I believe it was Pyro.
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sumire
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Post by sumire on Apr 17, 2014 15:10:18 GMT -4
There was a rumor years ago that one of the actors in the first X-Men got his role after a hot tub session with him. I believe it was Pyro. Huh, I just looked it up--I didn't know that the first movie's Pyro (Alex Burton) only has that one role to his name on IMDB, and a different actor (Aaron Stanford) played Pyro in the later movies. However young- looking Singer likes them, as long as they're all consenting adults, fine, but if the charges described in the Daily Mail article are true, throw the book at him. Apparently, they just barely made the deadline to file suit in Hawaii.
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