Amongst the perfect Scooby-Doo films through the years was the 2002 live-action film starring real-life couple Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. as Daphne and Fred alongside Matthew Lillard’s Fred and Linda Cardelini’s Velma. The film that was really written by Guardian of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad’s James Gunn, was initially rated-R, and as Gellar lately shared, had a deleted line that addressed rumors about Fred’s sexuality that followers have typically speculated.
Whereas Sarah Michelle Gellar was selling her return to her roots in supernatural TV with Wolf Pack, the actress was requested about what might have been on the 2002 comedy. In response, the actress shared that not solely did the film minimize a “steamy” kiss between her Daphne and Cardelini’s Velma, however this second virtually occurred:
There was a fantastic line, too, I’ll always remember. We had been having a struggle – Daphne and Fred – after which I yell at him, ‘And that ascot makes you look homosexual!’, and I slam the door. And so they minimize that, too. I believe it was the explanation I really signed on to the film. … And it’s one thing everybody’s thought for a very long time. There was at all times implication about Fred being fascinated about each events, and all that stuff. It was much less household pleasant to start with.
Through the years, followers have speculated that Fred Jones is definitely homosexual, often due to his selection of outfit. As Sarah Michelle Gellar shared on Watch What Occurs With Andy Cohen, the subject would have come up throughout a struggle between Daphne and Fred. The Buffy actress additionally stated she cherished the road a lot that it was one of many causes she wished to star within the Scooby-Doo film. Nevertheless, Warner Bros ended up strolling again on the 2002 film’s extra edgy components and saved Gunn’s tackle the Scooby-Doo gang’s extra fluid sexualities out of it. Take a look at Gellar’s response on the TV look:
Over a decade in the past, Matthew Lillard spoke about this aspect to the film on a Reddit Q&A too, sharing that the film was once geared to adults much more. The Shaggy actor defined that Fred was homosexual within the film however after they examined the R-rated minimize “dad and mom flipped their lids” and Warner Bros didn’t wish to danger the backlash.
Humorous sufficient, the most recent Scooby-Doo entry is a mature animated sequence known as Velma, which has been slammed by critics and viewers for the adjustments made to the traditional cartoon, which incorporates the sequence exploring a love story between Daphne and Velma. Certainly, audiences in 2002 would have had an issue with an R-rated minimize of Scooby-Doo as nicely.
Even so, it does make one marvel what the unique live-action Doo film might have been like. Sarah Michelle Gellar isn’t pushing for a Scooby-Doo 3, however you may see her within the new teen werewolf sequence, Wolf Pack, now streaming with a Paramount+ subscription.
