Eszterhas wrote a nine-page letter to Gibson in which he accused his former collaborator of using the project "to deflect continuing charges of antisemitism which have dogged you, charges which have crippled your career". He also cited occasions when Gibson had threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child, Oksana Grigorieva, and accused the film-maker and actor of using offensive terms such as "hebes", "oven-dodgers" and "Jewboys" to describe Jews during their time working together.
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center has called on Hollywood to drop plans for a Mel Gibson film about the legendary Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee after the actor and film-maker was accused of making antisemitic remarks by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas.
A statement from the Simon Wiesenthal Center read: "In view of the outrageous antisemitic and bigoted statements recounted in Joe Eszterhas' letter to Mel Gibson, the Simon Wiesenthal Center calls upon Warner Brothers (or any other studio) to permanently shelve the Maccabee project as long as Mel Gibson is associated with the film. 'It would be an insult to Jews and a desecration to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust to go forward with the Maccabee project,' said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center."
Gibson had earlier hit back at Eszterhas, claiming the writer of Basic Instinct "only had a problem with me after Warner Brothers rejected your script" and denying most of the allegations against him. His suggestion in an open letter published by Deadline that the project might go ahead with a different screenwriter appears to have prompted the statement from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Seriously, IF any part of any of this is true ... I would say this man needs some kind of help SERIOUSLY! .. .wouldn't you ? goodness .. his daughter his wife ? ... Is he just a damn drunk ? I mean that's bad enough but it's easier to cure than the other possibilities ... ..but heck, that doesn't make sense .. we've seen many people drunk over the years .. lolol ...but that stuff sure doeosn't come out of their mouths ... that's for sure.. sheesh!
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