"On one hand... all press is good press, and you hope [the online discussion] garners goodwill and awareness of the project, and that it incentivises people to show up and then see the film in theaters - especially for all those perverts," he told them."
"But in a macro sense, it is troubling. It feels like maybe there is an entitlement for modern audiences that everything needs to be immediately available to them and that they have the right to exploit images and art however they see fit. So I really don't know."
"But I'm reluctant to say that because I feel like I'll just get vilified by people being like, 'He thinks he's so special and that his art is so important.' But it is an invasion of my privacy and of my bodily autonomy. Obviously, I made the film and the scene is in there. It's going to exist. But it's supposed to be presented in a specific context. Also, it's a spoiler!"
An explicit sex scene from the queer comedy Twinless leaked online after the film's January 2025 Sundance premiere, circulating on X amid a wider piracy leak. Twinless stars Dylan O'Brien and James Sweeney as two bereaved men who meet at a support group for twins; a trailer followed the leak. James Sweeney wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film and responded by calling those spreading the clip 'perverts' while acknowledging the potential publicity. Sweeney described the leak as an invasion of privacy and bodily autonomy, noted it spoils the scene's intended context, and criticized audience entitlement and demands for immediate availability.
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