Zach Galifianakis Protests Against Mel Gibson?
By Madhusmita, Gaea News NetworkSaturday, October 23, 2010
LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com)- Mel Gibson, the veteran actor who had hogged limelight for all wrong reasons has been ousted from “The Hangover 2″ owing to the protest of all its cast members. The media outlets are of the opinion that one of the important cast member of the super-hit flick “The Hangover”, Zach Galifianakis protested against the Mel Gibson and it led the other members support him and revolt against him. The fans of Mel Gibson were shocked to hear the news as the movie could have restored his battered reputation following his drunken driving arrest, his “despicable” remarks and his racist rant against his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
Zach Galifianakis reportedly told in one of his interviews that he is in a deep “protest” with a movie he is working on and at the same time he is in “arms” about something. The actor also said that he was not able to make the other members listen to him. However, it seems that Zach Galifianakis succeeded in his endeavor in convincing his other cast members to object against Mel Gibson. Zach Galifianakis reportedly told in his interview that the whole incident is very frustrating.
A source close to “The Hangover 2″ said that Liam Neeson will be replacing Mel Gibson in the upcoming movie and join other cast members Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Ken Jeong. Todd Phillips in one of his interviews said that filming a movie is a “collaborative” effort and his decision of taking Mel Gibson in the movie was not approved by other cast members of the movie. However, he also said that he “thought” Mel Gibson would have been “great” in the movie.
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