LOS ANGELES, CA – In a new director’s cut of Cast Away
(2000), Chuck Noland, the main character played by Tom Hanks, is shown to have
masturbated a considerable amount while stranded on the deserted island.
Director Robert Zemeckis based this new edition on the first draft of the
original screenplay, which had just pages upon pages of Chuck pleasuring
himself in a tropical paradise. In many instances, Chuck’s only friend Wilson
is forced to watch the acts of self-gratification as he is an inanimate
volleyball and doesn't have the ability to turn away. “Remember those scenes in
which Chuck would look at the locket containing his wife’s picture?” Wilson
asks. “In the original movie those moments felt lovingly sincere. But in
reality, they are just the precursor to a violently sad jerk session followed
by tears and loneliness.” The extended film shows how Chuck ultimately decides
not to kill himself because he finally realizes that beating off all day under
the shade of a coconut tree really isn’t that bad of a life. Zemeckis says the
studio initially forced him to cut the crank scenes because it would be “too
realistic.” The director asked, “I mean, honestly, what would you do?”
"Say something dirty, Wilson!" |
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