{"id":146096,"date":"2018-01-14T07:12:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=146096"},"modified":"2018-01-14T07:12:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:12:44","slug":"producer-re-shot-sexual-assault-scene-in-youtube-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/14\/producer-re-shot-sexual-assault-scene-in-youtube-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Producer re shot sexual assault scene in YouTube drama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PASADENA, Calif.\u2014 A sexual assault scene in an upcoming YouTube drama series was re-shot and revised after a female showrunner joined the project.<\/p>\n

Executive producer Lauren LeFranc said she wanted to focus more closely on the experience of the victim, a 16-year-old played by actress Maddie Hasson, and make the assault \u201cvisceral and real.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pilot episode of \u201cImpulse\u201d was both shot and revised before the sexual misconduct scandal broke in Hollywood last year, snaring some of the industry’s biggest players including Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.<\/p>\n

The emergence of the anti-misconduct #MeToo movement and the new YouTube drama is a coincidence but a welcome one, LeFranc said in an interview following a Q&A with TV critics Saturday. The series’ debut date was not announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re hoping that because of the conversations being had that people are going to give a show like this more credit and see there’s a voice here,\u201d she said, \u201crather than falling on the sidelines like some previous shows and films that have spoken out about sexual assault have come and gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was determined that the assault not be depicted as a \u201cneat and tidy\u201d incident that the character, Hassan’s Henry, easily moves past, Le Franc said. It’s also pivotal to the sci-fi drama because it triggers the first \u201cteleportation\u201d for Henry and remains central to her young life, she said.<\/p>\n

Hassan (\u201cTwisted,\u201d \u201cThe Finder\u201d) called it \u201cvery important to us that this be a real story, even though it’s fiction and has the veil of science fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s a chance to give abuse survivors a voice and the chance to feel less alone, Hassan said.<\/p>\n

The drama at its heart is a coming-of-age story that focuses on Henry, the young man who attacked her and is left paralyzed by the violent aftermath, as well as Henry’s mother (played by Missi Pyle, \u201cGone Girl\u201d) and others in Henry’s world, its producers said.<\/p>\n

Executive producer Doug Limon, whose credits include the film \u201cBourne Identity,\u201d said the idea of a character who can teletransport based on the theoretical movement of objects from one point to another, without crossing the physical gap might seem to make for a superficial show in which Henry is \u201cflitting all around,\u201d but the contrary is true.<\/p>\n

Henry, whose full name is Henrietta, keeps getting sent back to the small town she is desperate to escape, allowing an exploration of her and her life that gets \u201cdeeper and deeper,\u201d Limon said.<\/p>\n

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