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    Twentieth Century Fox pulls scene from 'The Predator' after director Shane Black casts his friend, a registered sex offender

    by Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times Sep 06, 2018 5 minutes

    Twentieth Century Fox was just days away from locking picture on "The Predator" when an urgent note came in: Delete the scene featuring Steven Wilder Striegel.

    Striegel, 47, didn't have a big role in his longtime friend Shane Black's reboot of the sci-fi thriller - just a three-page scene shared with actress Olivia Munn.

    But last month, Munn learned that Striegel is a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty in 2010 after facing allegations that he attempted to lure a 14-year-old female into a sexual relationship via the internet. When Munn shared the information with Fox on Aug. 15, studio executives quickly decided to excise him from the movie.

    "Our studio was not aware of Mr. Striegel's background when he was hired," a Fox spokesperson said in a statement

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