Talk:Q'Orianka Kilcher

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[edit] Said by who?

Movie studio executives are said to have been less than impressed at the prospect of releasing a passionate embrace between Farrell, then 28, and the then-14-year-old Q'Orianka. It is said that they ordered the scene to be trimmed to avoid releasing child pornography.

Some evidence please? You got it:

"Sex and the Single Squaw by Jessica Winter December 19th, 2005 6:58 PM

Terrence Malick's The New World is an anxious object, a $30 million art movie about the much disputed and misappropriated tale of John Smith and Pocahontas, and as such it's appropriately rife with conflict: man versus the elements, hometown Indians versus English interlopers, nature-trance contemplation versus smokin' action sequences. Perhaps the most palpable tension for the filmmakers derived from the nature of the relationship between Jamestown settler Smith and Pocahontas, his Algonquian Indian ally and supposed lover. Reportedly, studio lawyers insisted that love scenes between Colin Farrell and then 14-year-old Q'orianka Kilcher be reshot to ensure compliance with child pornography laws." "She is very pretty, hot, and sexy" said Christian Bale and Collin Farrel

Source: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0551,winter,71142,20.html

"December 19, 2005 Colin Farrell makes child porn Filmmakers of The New World have apparently re-shot scenes where Collin Farrell makes out with a 14-year old Q'Orianka Kilcher because it's making lawyers nervous that they might be making child porn."

Source: http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/2005/12/19/colin_farrell_makes_child_porn.html

I've been covering Q'Orianka's involvement in this project since the filming of this movie and this story was widely circulated in the press. You should be able to find over a dozen web sources to confirm it with little effort.