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May December , of the director Todd Haynes , is one of the most spoken films of this season of awards. The film is inspired by the story of Mary Kay Letourneau And her husband much younger, Vili Fual - A former student, she was found guilty of having abused. Although this does not represent the whole true story of the real couple, May December No doubt recalls the Tabloid scandal from the 90s and 33 year old actor Charles Melton Oscar Buzz gets to portray a character freely based on Fualaau. In the middle of all the critical praise for the film, the real Fualaau has just been expressed, slamming the creative team behind May December So as not to have heard her hand in a new interview.

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In May December Fictitious version of the scandal, Natalie Portman Play an actor named Elizabeth who should represent a woman named Gracie ( Julianne Moore ) In a film and visit his family to have an overview of their complicated past. Like Letourneau, Gracie was at the center of a great tabloid scandal in the 90s when she was imprisoned for having sexually abused a 13 -year -old boy named Joe (Melton) and fell pregnant with him. Gracie and Joe continued to get married and welcome more children. When Elizabeth enters their lives, their two youngest children are about to finish their secondary studies.

Letourneau and Fualaau were 34 and 12 when they met. In 1997, she was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to two accusations of a child's rape crime. She married Fualaau in 2005, shortly after her release. They remained married until 2019. ( They separated in 2017 But continued to live together, according to People. ) When Letourneau died of cancer in 2020, Fualaau was by his side. The couple welcomed two children while Letourneau was in prison.

May December I obtained a theatrical outing limited in mid-November and started to broadcast on Netflix in December, generating an important conversation. Now Fualaau has made her opinion known on the film, revealing The Hollywood Reporter that He is "offended" And would have been happy to collaborate if the filmmakers had contacted him.

"I am still alive and well," he said at the point of sale. "If they had contacted me, we could have worked together on a masterpiece. Instead, they chose to make a scam in my original story." The 40 -year -old man continued: "I am offended by the whole project and the lack of respect that was given to me - who lived a real story and who still lives it." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Fualaau explained that he was open to a film made on his life but does not approve May December approach.

"I love movies-good movies," he said THR . "And I admire those who capture the essence and complications of real events. You know, films that allow you to see or make something new every time you watch them. These kinds of writers and writers and Directors - Someone who can do it - Be perfect to work with it, because my story is not as simple as this film [depicts]. "

Scriptwriter Samy Burch opened up on how The story of Letourneau and Fualaau inspired her .

"I really wanted a fictitious story that dealt with this tabloid culture from the 90s which in a way led to this world biopic real stories," she said to the New York Film Festival in September, as indicated by People . "It was the real point to jump for me."

The film itself includes references specific to the real story, including an interview that Letourneau and Fualaau made with the Australian 7news in 2018. In the film, Gracie and Joe have a conversation on their initial meetings in which she asks him ", who was the boss? Who was in charge?" Letourneau asks questions similar to Fualaau in the original clip .

Haynes told Mashable that He was not interested in the Letourneau And the story of Fualaau when he read the script of Burch. "This is more of a search, trying to discover how these stories circulate and - really - how families and people survive them," said the director. He added that Moore was more interested in researching Letourneau than him. "I was a little resistant. I said to myself:" No, no, no, we are fiction. This is our own thing. It's different from Mary Kay Letourneau. "And she said to herself:" No, check that. It's crazy. "And so she led me into her life," he said.

Melton explained why he didn't try to get In contact with Fualaau , narrative GQ British, "No, I just wanted to stick to that Samy did and create Joe with the plan she gave me in the script."

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