Director James Gunn Says He Wished to Portray Scooby-Doo’s Velma Character as ‘Explicit Gay’!
Filmmaker and writer James Gunn stated that he “tried” to portray detective Velma to be “explicitly gay” in his story for the live-action ‘Scooby-Doo’ film.
A twitter handle from a movie podcast said to James to depict Velma as gay in his future film and to this James said “I tried!”
He posted: “In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script” (for 2002’s live-action “Scooby-Doo’), “but the studio just kept watering it down & watering it down, becoming ambiguous (the version shot), then nothing (the released version) & finally having a boyfriend (the sequel).”
He also said that Linda Cardellini was cast as Velma for the live-action and its next part in 2004. In the sequel, Seth Green portrayed as her boyfriend, and the desire to portray Velma as gay was cut off.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1282482258998255616
This is because it was quite rare back in the 2000s movies. Moreover, GLAAD a non- profit association that looks after LGBTQ rep in the spotlight in 2013 stated that studios were “reluctant” to add LGBTQ portrays in action-based films.
Though CNN tried for comments from Warner Bros. they refused to speak on this.
Post the release of “Scooby-Doo” several popular production houses had gradually implemented gay characters in hit movies like “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker,” and Pixar’s “Onward” and so on.
