Offensive ‘views and opinions’ on DVDs?

[Heebie]

Has anyone ever been really offended by the views and opinions (i.e. in the commentaries or bonus material such as interviews)?

Every DVD I seem to watch now has a disclaimer on it at the beginning reminding me that the views and opinions are those of the individual speaking and do not represent those of whatever company made the film.

I just wondered if there had ever been a case of someone suing a company because of something they’d heard an actor/director say on a commentary?

Or maybe I’m just not that easily offended.

 

[Toby Frost]

No, but when you consider the number of Hollywood actors who are cultists, wife-beaters, continuously high or just downright fascists, I'm not surprised they do! I do remember a "making-of" documentary in which one actress strongly hinted that she thought the director was a tyrant, but that's all I can recall. Oh, and a show on which Respected British Thesp X said of a film he'd been in "That? I did it because I was broke". I suspect they have clauses in their contracts to promote the film and generally look as much like a happy family as possible!

 

[Heebie]

You're probably right. Maybe it's to protect people like Linda Fiorentino and James Cameron, who, from what I've read, are allegedly a couple of the most difficult people to work with you can find in Hollywood.