Velma was “explicitly gay” in original script for live action Scooby Doo movie

Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred and Linda Cardellini as Velma in the trailer for “Scooby Doo.”
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The writer behind the 2002 Scooby-Doo film said that he tried to make the character Velma Dinkley a lesbian, but the studio rejected it and made her straight.

Screenplay writer James Gunn tweeted the Velma was “explicitly gay” in the script he wrote.

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“But the studio just kept watering it down & watering it down, becoming ambiguous (the version shot), then nothing (the released version) & finally having a boyfriend (the sequel),” he wrote.

The 2001 film takes place several years after the cartoons. The gang has broken up and pursued careers and love interests separately, and Shaggy even has a girlfriend in the film.

The first cut of the film, according to Gunn, was rated R. Velma and Daphne even had a kiss…

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