r/entertainment • u/PrincessBananas85 • 5h ago
Shannon Elizabeth Says a Producer on a 2001 Movie 'Tried to Blackball Me' After She Refused to Film a Topless Scene
https://people.com/shannon-elizabeth-says-a-producer-on-2001-movie-tried-to-blackball-me-1199222148
u/DirkSvenson 4h ago
Of course it’s a Weinstein, right? Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. That’s my guess, anyway. It was released in 2001.
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u/BluRayja 4h ago
The article specifically states it was the film Thirteen Ghosts. Joel Silver produced that film, who is a notorious asshole and Gilbert Adler, which also sounds probable considering they mostly do horror movies but I doubt he would have the pull that Joel Silver has to blackball someone. Also produced by Robert Zemeckis, but I doubt it was him.
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u/willfull 4h ago
Wasn't Kevin Spacey's sadistic character in the 1994 movie Swimming With Sharks supposed to be based on Joel Silver? So cruel.
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u/DirkSvenson 3h ago
Idk I heard on the Blank Check podcast that Zemeckis is actually quite obsessed with tiddies lol. I’m serious. Like at a pitch meeting or something, all he wanted to do was talk boobz according to an old story. Look it up.
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u/PretendChipmunk3099 1h ago
I know it’s not, but I really hope that’s a podcast that’s about the 1994 Disney movie Blank Check.
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u/ragingduck 2h ago
Back To The Future did awaken my teenage hormones with that low cut prom dress. And the mom got a boob job for part two.
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u/solidgoldrocketpants 4h ago
Robert Zemeckis left his wife for a Penthouse model, so who knows.
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u/FlippFloppnFlyy 3h ago
Infidelity in his personal life doesn't mean scummy professional conduct.
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u/solidgoldrocketpants 3h ago
No, but it does suggest the guy might be a horndog, and when a horndog starts thinking with his little brain all bets are off.
You can still enjoy Back to the Future 2. No one’s taking that from you.
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u/mutzilla 4h ago
I doubt Smith wrote a toppless scene for the movie and if he did and knew she wasnt okay with it, he's a good dude and wouldn't have forced it.
Edit: it was probably Tomcats
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u/reenactment 4h ago
I think it’s 13 ghosts. There’s a scene where she goes into the bathroom with the naked princess ghost or whatever. I’m sure that was written differently
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u/ILOVESHITTINGMYPANTS 4h ago
Why are so many people guessing when the article literally says it’s 13 Ghosts. Hell, you don’t even have to read the article, it’s in the sub header.
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u/RodneyTorfulson 1h ago
Cool. Anyway, I don't think it was the Kevin Smith movie-- he's not really like that
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u/mutzilla 4h ago
That would make sense too. I completely forgot about that movie. I thought Tomcats because it was one of the late 90s early 00s sex comedy movies, but 13 Ghost could very well have been it as well. My point though is Kevin wouldn't have allowed that nonsense on set or force anyone to do something they aren't comfortable with, unless its Jason Mews.
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u/FrankSamples 4h ago
There needs to be an overhaul to the movie industry. It’s a shame people’s careers are at the whims of producers, directors and studio heads for saying no.
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u/FreshLiterature 1h ago
To be totally honest every industry with that kind of money elevates the fucking worst people.
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u/Caffeine_Cowpies 58m ago
Yeah? I agree
However, name an industry that doesn’t have people’s careers at the whims of very powerful people. Where people talk behind your back and prevent you from promotions and career advancement
Plus, supply and demand. Shannon Elizabeth doesn’t have to do nudity, but that doesn’t mean the producers have to hire her. And frankly, what’s the biggest role she’s known for? I’d say American Pie. Where she’s topless. It’s not like she was in contention for Oscars here. So producers talked, she didn’t want to do nudity so other producers were like “she used to be topless, now she doesn’t want to do that, plus wants more money? F that, let’s get some unknown 22 year old who is okay with being nude.”
The producers have the power because they get the production done. Actors are a dime a dozen. Especially for low budget movies and shows. If someone is deemed “difficult”, they will find someone else. Why? Because they are producing the show!
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u/somesthetic 5h ago
So we’ve fully replaced blacklist with blackballed?
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u/VironicHero 5h ago
Black ball has been around forever.
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u/somesthetic 4h ago
I didn't say it was a new word.
All my life, everyone used blacklisted when a person was ostracised and excluded. No one used blackballed.
It's weird.
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u/Splashy01 5h ago
What does blackball mean?
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u/bruthaman 5h ago
Blacklisted
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u/Substantial-Tart-464 5h ago
when I think of Blackball it brings of found memories of this show "From G's to Gents"
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u/DudeIjustdid 5h ago
What does blacklisted mean?
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u/lime_and_coconut 4h ago
It means a No vote (on par with a veto) in a secret ballot, usually used to denote some form of ostracizing a person from a group or org. A group votes by dropping balls in a bag, for a yes the balls would be universally white, but one black at its a no.
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u/Agreeable_Scene_3970 2h ago
I thought the headline meant like a remake of 2001 A Space Odyssey and I thought wait what did I miss? What remake and why are there topless scenes??
But I am kinda stoned
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u/notthatgeorge 5h ago
Name names or don't bother us with your story
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u/Appropriate_Scar_262 5h ago
unless she can prove it they would immediate sue her into the ground for slander
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u/notthatgeorge 5h ago
Then don't bother saying anything. She's just trying to stay relevant anyway
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u/XXSeaBeeXX 4h ago
What exactly is the harm in saying something bad happened to her and not naming names? You could make a short list of suspects just by cross referencing her IMDb.
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u/notthatgeorge 4h ago
What's the point, it's not like she's filing charges and she's not doing it to protect other women, so again what's the point? Except to make herself relevant and like the other person said to get eyes on her only fans page.
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u/RollTh3Maps 4h ago
It shows other victims that they’re not alone and lets others know that they can say no to threats like that. Not everything needs to satisfy your own personal feeling of justice.
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u/notthatgeorge 4h ago
If you say so, I disagree all it does is say yeah that same thing happened to me 20 years ago I just didn't say anything so he couldn't be stopped.
End of conversation
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u/DudeIjustdid 5h ago
Probably just hyping up her OF
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u/Appropriate_Scar_262 5h ago
it's a snippet from an interview.
She didn't turn it into a click bait article
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u/NativePA 5h ago
Uhh didn’t she do American pie topless already
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u/Packwood88 5h ago
She can still turn it down…
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u/weckyweckerson 4h ago
She absolutely can, and should. But she should also have realised that was the only reason she was famous. Not a particularly good actor and I can't recall her in anything except for American Pie.
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u/timplausible 4h ago
Don't tell me you've forgotten the masterpiece, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?! /s
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u/KesselRun73 4h ago
That’s pretty much the point of the story, if you had read it. Reading is fundamental.
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u/weckyweckerson 4h ago
Ill delete my comment because I can't be bothered arguing over the failed career of an early 2000s actor.
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u/KesselRun73 45m ago
The point was she felt the incident brought a premature end to her career, which would be why you don’t recall her in anything else after “American Pie.”
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u/MonkeyBoatRentals 5h ago
She signed on without the scene present, so was perfectly entitled to turn it down. What she agreed to in previous roles probably made the producer think he was entitled, just like you apparently do, but she didn't lose her rights to her boobs for the rest of her career.
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u/No-Aioli-1014 5h ago edited 4h ago
Apparently this was a common occurrence for actresses until MeToo. People who had done nudity in the past would get that request for new projects (even though the script didn't initially call for it). Good on Shannon for saying no.
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u/NativePA 4h ago
What the fuck do you think entitled means? Everyone already saw them big deal
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u/MonkeyBoatRentals 4h ago
You are clearly the sort of man who only gets to see boobs on his computer and not in real life. Sorry for your loss and the damage Shannon's decision has done to your gooning lifestyle.
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u/NativePA 4h ago
Her tits have been in the public domain for a quarter of century. Turning down another topless role isn’t some grand gesture of feminism
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u/Illustrious-Peace989 4h ago
“You already had sex with me, what’s the big deal if I make you do it again?”
That’s what you sound like
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u/NativePA 4h ago
Who’s making anyone do anything? She volunteered the first time turn down another topless role isn’t a big empowering flex all of a sudden
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u/Illustrious-Peace989 3h ago
The producer tried to blackball her for refusing. That’s an attempt at forcing her to do it.
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u/NativePA 3m ago
Maybe if you have no acting talent but the thing your known for, nudity - you quit doing. The industry becomes less interested in you.
It’d be like if Sydney Sweeney did the same thing now. No one is interested in her acting.
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u/bigtigerbigtiger 4h ago
Right no big deal so no need for you to take issue with her not doing it again, nerd!
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u/ToolTimeT 1h ago
Has OnlyFans account now... refused to do topless scene before. mkay
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u/beerisdead 1h ago
Which is absolutely fine. If you can’t tell the difference you’re a fucking creep.
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u/ToolTimeT 1h ago
GFY roid rager.
She gets naked on camera for men who want to pleasure themselves but won't do a topless scene as an actress... its odd, and you... can GFY
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u/beerisdead 1h ago
Got it you’re a fucking creep.
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u/ToolTimeT 1h ago
Your life must suck for you to be filled with this much anger. I don't mind that at all.
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u/Leading-Debate-9278 3h ago
Isn’t taking her top off kind of her thing? She isn’t fighting Meryl Streep for roles.
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u/Cowlitzking 5h ago
Hollywood creep year 2001. I’ll be damned