Did actress Ana de Armas suspect that this shooting would lead to a trial that does not even concern her? Two American moviegoers have been authorized by the courts to sue the Hollywood studio Universal, which they accuse of a misleading trailer, which prompted them to rent a film where Ana de Armas was finally cut in the editing. In their appeal, the disappointed fans claim five million dollars in compensation.
When they each spent $3.99 to watch the movie “Yesterday” on Amazon Prime, the two men, one from California and the other from Maryland, thought they saw Ana de Armas, an actress they are all familiar with. the two fans, notably known to have embodied a spy in the James Bond film “Dying Can Wait”.
The disavowed studio
The actress initially appeared in the trailer for this Universal Pictures production. But in the final version of “Yesterday”, which tells the story of a musician immersed in a parallel reality where the Beatles never existed, there is no trace of the thirty-year-old, who was cut during the editing.
What to turn against the studio and cry fraud, in a class action reported Friday by several American media. According to the complaint, “consumers did not receive the expected value of their rental or purchase.”
In its defense, Universal tried to argue that the trailers are protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech. An argument rejected Thursday by the judge in charge of the case, who disavowed this major Hollywood studio.
“In essence, a trailer is an advertisement designed to sell a film by providing the consumer with an overview” of the feature film, estimated the magistrate, thus authorizing the prosecution. Contacted by AFP, Universal did not immediately react on Friday evening. The case is due for trial on April 3.