After Olivia Munn alerted Fox about Steven Wilder Striegel, a registered sex offender who shared a short scene with her in The Predator, the studio didn't get in contact with her for a while.
"When I called, [Fox] was silent for two days," said Munn in an interview with Variety. "I did have to reach out again and say I didn’t feel comfortable presenting at the MTV Awards with Keegan [Michael Key] unless this guy was out of it."
But Munn makes it clear that she doesn't think the company was being shady.
"I’m not saying they weren’t working on it behind the scenes," she said. "I just didn’t hear anything about it. But I’m happy that they did obviously because I’m proud of the work we did in this movie, we all worked really, really hard, and I wouldn’t be able to morally stand behind this movie with this guy in there." The scene was later cut and Munn appeared with Key, who also stars in The Predator, at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 20.
Striegel, who was hired by director Shane Black for a small role in the film, pled guilty to two felonies in 2010 including risk of injury to a child and enticing a minor by computer. The victim was reportedly 14 years old at the time. Black has since apologized for hiring Striegel, who's credited as Steve Wilder, and claimed he didn't know the complete details of Striegel's case until it made headlines.
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