Al Pacino Donated 'Cruising' Pay To Charity
Al Pacino Donated ‘Cruising' Pay To Charity After Film Felt "Exploitative" To LGBTQ Community
Nearly 45 years ago, Al Pacino knew his controversial 1980 film Cruising wouldn’t age well. In his new memoir Sonny Boy, the Oscar winner admitted he found the movie “exploitative” to the LGBTQ community upon its release,
Al Pacino never took paycheck for controversial ‘Cruising’ film, donated anonymously to charity
I didn’t want to make it a p.r. stunt,” he explained. “I just wanted one positive thing to come out of that whole experience.”
Al Pacino Secretly Donated the Paycheck From His Most Controversial Film
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Al Pacino Recalled Seeing Protestors “Almost Every Day” While Shooting His Film “Cruising” And Detailed The Moment He Realized It Was “Exploitative” Of The Gay Community
Released in 1980, Cruising starred then-39-year-old Al as a police officer who went undercover at underground gay bars in New York to catch a serial killer suspected of killing gay men. It was directed by William Friedkin,
Al Pacino thought 'Cruising' was 'exploitative' of LGBTQ+ people, so he donated his paycheck
The actor revealed in his recent memoir, Sonny Boy, that he was so uncomfortable with how the final cut of the movie portrayed LGBTQ+ people that he ended up anonymously donating his entire paycheck to various charities.
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