James Gunn refused to cut Superman’s squirrel scene even though it left test audiences baffled.
James Gunn refused to edit out Superman’s divisive squirrel scene
In the new blockbuster, the Man of Steel – played by David Corenswet – is shown rescuing a squirrel while the city of Metropolis is being attacked by a giant monster and the 58-year-old director has admitted it was one of the movie’s “most hotly debated” scenes but he decided to keep it in the film despite guests at test screenings declaring they “did not like the squirrel”.
Gunn told Rolling Stone magazine: “It was probably the second- or third-most hotly debated moment in the movie.
“Because we showed it to test audiences and some people did not like the squirrel.
“They’re like: ‘Why the f*** is he saving a squirrel? Why is he taking time out, saving a squirrel?’ There was a cut where I cut it out and I’m like: ‘I really miss the squirrel. He’s gotta save the squirrel.’
“In addition, there were also some geographic problems with where he ended up if I didn’t have him fly over with the squirrel. So I put the squirrel back in despite the protestations of some of my people on my crew.”
The moviemaker expanded on the squirrel controversy in an interview with The New York Times, explaining: “A lot of people were anti-squirrel. They thought it was too much. And I think it really comes down to, do you like squirrels or not? …
“I love squirrels. If a monster’s tail was coming at the squirrel, I would save the squirrel if I could. I’ve done it before: Every day, I’m honking at squirrels on the road.”
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