Fans of actress Ana De Armas, 34, are suing Universal Studios in a $5million misrepresentation lawsuit after they dropped her role from the 2019 film Yesterday but left her in the trailer
- Ana de Armas appeared in the Yesterday trailer for 15 seconds but not in the film
- Conor Woulfe and Peter Rosza accuse Universal Studios of misrepresentation
- A federal judge ruled that film studios can be sued if their trailers are misleading
Ana De Armas fans are suing Universal Studios in a $5 million lawsuit for “misrepresentation” after they dropped her role from the 2019 film Yesterday but left her in its trailer.
Federal Judge Stephen Wilson has ruled that film studios can now be sued for misleading advertising if their trailers are misleading.
Conor Woulfe and Peter Michael Rosza are accusing Universal Studios of misrepresentation and fraud after they paid $3.99 to rent Yesterday on Amazon Prime in January to see Ana de Armas after appearing in the film’s trailer see was.
The Cuban-Spanish actress, 34, appears for 15 seconds in the 3.5-minute trailer but didn’t make it into the film’s final cut.
Ana De Armas fans can sue Universal Studios in a $5 million lawsuit for ‘misrepresentation’ after they dropped her role from 2019 film Yesterday but left her in its trailer (pictured).
The Cuban-Spanish actress, 34, appears for 15 seconds in the 3.5-minute trailer but didn’t make it into the film’s final cut. Pictured 11/19
US District Judge Stephen Wilson has ruled that movie trailers fall under trade language and are subject to California’s false advertising law and the state’s unfair competition law, Variety reported.
Wilson wrote, “Universal is right that trailers require a certain amount of creativity and editorial discretion, but that creativity doesn’t outweigh the commercial nature of a trailer.
“At its core, a trailer is an advertisement designed to sell a film by providing consumers with a preview of the film.”
Universal had maintained that trailers are entitled to broad protections under the First Amendment and that a trailer conveys a film’s “broad theme” as non-commercial speech.
The film studio added that the verdict could be onerous and could lead to a number of lawsuits from disappointed fans.
Universal said other films, such as Jurassic Park, also included footage that was not shown in the final cut of the film.
De Armas, who has 6.8 Instagram followers and also appeared in James Bond: No Time to Die, was set to play love interest Roxane
But director Richard Curtis cut her role from the final film, saying fans would be upset that her character would take away from Malik’s primary love interest, Ellie, played by Lily James. Left to right: Himesh Patel, Lily James and director Danny Boyle at the premiere of “Yesterday” in June 2019
Yesterday, a 2019 film, stars the protagonist Jack Malik, played by Himesh Patel, a musician who realizes that everyone else has forgotten the Beatles’ existence
Yesterday, a 2019 film, stars the protagonist Jack Malik, played by Himesh Patel, a musician who realizes that everyone else has forgotten the Beatles’ existence.
He becomes famous after re-introducing her songs to the world.
De Armas, who has 6.8 Instagram followers and also starred in the James Bond and Marilyn Monroe film Blonde, was set to play his initial love interest Roxane and be sung by Malik, who wrote the Beatles song Something sings.
But director Richard Curtis cut her role from the final film, saying fans would be upset that her character would take away from Malik’s primary love interest, Ellie, played by Lily James.
Woulfe and Rosza claim the $5 million lawsuit equals the number of fans who will have been disappointed that de Armas didn’t make the final edit.
Judge Wilson said the verdict was limited to whether an actor or scene would appear in the film and “nothing else.”
Curtis told CinemaBlend, “It was a very traumatic edit because she was brilliant in it.
“You know, it’s one of those things where it’s some of our favorite scenes from the movie, but we had to cut them because of the whole thing.”