The Facebook movie, The Social Network, will be released with a scene featuring drug taking and bare breasts uncut despite suggestions that the apparently fictional scene could lead to legal issues. The Facebook movie’s producer, Scott Rudin, had previously indicated that it might be cut but the boobs and blow scene will now reportedly make the final cut…
The Facebook movie, which is due for release in October, includes a scene depicting Napster co-founder and one-time Facebook President, Sean Parker, advising Mark Zuckerberg while two women offer them lines of cocaine racked out on naked breasts. A source told the New York Times that the scene is almost entirely a work of fiction.
Since the scene shows two living individuals with plenty of cash to sue the filmmakers, it had been suggested that it would be dropped from the final version of the Facebook movie. But now the Hollywood Reporter claims sources close to the production have confirmed that it is there to stay.
Parker, who is played in The Social Network by Justin Timberlake, left Facebook in 2005 but remains a major shareholder. A Facebook spokesperson stuck to the company line, downplaying the importance of the movie: “Maybe [it’s] a sign Facebook has become meaningful to people, even if the movie is fiction. What the movie may or may not contain is not what we’re focused on.”
No, we’d imagine Facebook is more interested in working on Facebook Places and Facebook Questions. Though there is the small matter of Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on The Simpsons which it’ll be hoping will distract some attention from The Social Network.
Let us know: are you planning to hit the cinema to watch the Facebook movie when it’s released?
Out October 1 | £varies | The Social Network (via The Hollywood Reporter)
