All of those rumors suggestingBirds of Preyhad to go through reshoots to remove obscene Black Mask images are fake news. Director Cathy Yan debunked the rumor on social media over the weekend. One reporter claimed to have multiple sources backing up her claim about theBirds of Preyreshoots. She says, “I told u guys, massive reshoots largely to take out “dick pics” storyline & add more action via Chad Stahelski.” This was all in reference to Yan standing behind David Ayer and his studio drama on social media.
However,Cathy Yandeclares there was no need for reshoots due to some obscene images from Ewan McGregor’s Black Mask. TheBirds of Preydirector is pretty active on social media and interacts with fans quite a bit, so it’s no surprise that she would set the record straight online to someone claiming to have insider information. Yan had this to say in response to the reporter’s inside sources.
“Excuse me, you have no idea what you’re talking about. It’s fascinating you would deem to try when you weren’t part of the process whatsoever… And I thank you for the support. But let’s set the record straight: there were never d*ck pics.”
There we have it. Cathy Yan says Black Mask’s nudes were never a part of the equation inBirds of Prey. Yan and the reporter went back and forth a bit more, with the reporter once again stating, “MULTIPLE reporters confirmed that story after I reported it, said it was great & should be kept in film & didn’t like it taken out.” Like Yan states, said reporter was not on the set and has no direct,firsthand knowledge of what went downbehind-the-scenes.
After watchingBirds of Prey, one could easily seeEwan McGregor’s Black Maskhaving nude images of himself and sending them to people. The villain is a narcissist to the highest degree mixed with a healthy dose of psychosis for good measure. In other words, he’s over the top and would be the exact person to have weird nude photos himself to show to unsuspecting individuals. Also, the movie’s take on sexism would have been a good place to target this sort of behavior.
Regardless, the argument is now dead. Cathy Yan, who directedBirds of Preyand was there every day,even for the reshoots, would know much better than anyone else. There are a lot of inside sources these days who really don’t have any official connections to anything, which is when the misinformation starts to spread. Hopefully more people will pick up on this rumor now that Yan has officially addressed it. You can check outCathy Yan’s Twitterresponse to the Black Mask nude photo rumors below.
