?The Predator? star Boyd Holbrook spoke out on Monday about the deleted scene from the upcoming film involving co-star Olivia Munn and registered sex offender Steven Wilder Striegel.
According to The Wrap tatement comes after a weekend in which Munn spoke with reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival about her discovery of Striegel?s past after shooting the scene with him, one which director Shane Black offered to Striegel as a personal friend without telling the cast about his sex offender status.
?I want to start by apologizing for this statement coming late in the current conversation,? read Holbrook?s statement. ?I do not take any of what has gone on lightly, and I want to speak from the most honest and genuine place possible. I have stated before, and I will state it again, I am proud of Olivia for the way that she handled a difficult and alarming situation, and I am grateful that Fox took the information seriously and took action swiftly.?
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Munn said that she was surprised that her fellow castmates had not made statements about the incident, and that the co-stars that joined her for the film?s premiere in Toronto had left her alone to discuss the topic.
