Viewers outraged after same-sex wedding scene changed in Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie
An Australian horror film featuring a scene with a same-sex wedding was reportedly digitally altered for release in mainland China, transforming the gay couple into a heterosexual one, provoking outrage from viewers who spotted the change.
The critically acclaimed film Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie, was released in selected cinemas in China on 12 September. It follows the journey of a young couple who move to the countryside and encounter mysterious and grotesque changes to their bodies.
In one scene, which features a wedding between two men, one of the men’s faces was altered to look like a woman’s. Cinemagoers in China only noticed the change when side-by-side screenshots of the scene circulated on social media.
“AI face-swapping is really unacceptable – it completely changes the original creative vision,” wrote one social media user.
