Not pleased. After a pair of fans rented Yesterday, expecting to see Ana de Armas after she appeared in the trailer, they were disappointed that her scenes weren’t in the final cut of the film.Amid their discouragement, the individuals filed a class-action lawsuit against the film studio on Friday, January 21.
They claimed that they each paid $3.99 to rent the film — which was released in June 2019 — on Amazon Prime after seeing the Knives Out actress, 33, in the trailer.
After the movie concluded, they discovered that the Cuba native’s scenes had been removed.Per the court docs, obtained by Us Weekly, the duo are suing for $5 million in damages on behalf of affected consumers after alleging that the defendant (Universal Studios) released “false, deceptive and misleading advertising” for the production.“Because consumers were promised a movie with Ana De Armas by the trailer for Yesterday but did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all, such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase,” the complaint read.The suit named de Armas as “a talented, successful, and famous actress” and claimed that her fame was the sole way the movie was marketed.“The principal actors in the movie Yesterday were largely unknown before the film was released,” their complaint read. “For example, the actor which played protagonist Malik, Himesh Patel, had never acted or starred in a film prior to Yesterday.
Similarly, the actress who played Ellie, Lily James, was a relatively unknown name to the casual movie watcher.
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