Over the weekend, the New York Times suggested, possibly fabricated party sequences from David Fincher’s “The Social Network” could be cut from the film.
The film is also sprinkled with scenes of extravagant parties, and it is not clear how authentic they are. As of this week, [producer] Scott Rudin said, one remaining question was to what extent the finished film would include a scene that depicted Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake), the Napster co-founder who was heavily involved with Facebook’s early history, delivering his dialogue while a pair of teenage girls offer partygoers lines of cocaine from bared breasts.
Matthew Hiltzik, a spokesman for Mr. Parker, declined to comment. But a person who was involved with research for the film, and spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid conflict with the producers, said that sequence was one of several that were mostly made up.
According to a just-published THR report, the breasts and cocaine are staying in the picture.
He also said he had not decided whether to cut or alter a scene depicting Sean Parker, a Napster co-founder who played a major role in the early days of Facebook, delivering a key speech at a party while two young women offer lines of cocaine from naked breasts. One person told the Times that the Parker scene was mostly made up, though Rudin said his main concern about the scene was whether it would jeopardize a PG-13 rating.
But THR says the scenes will stay in the film which is still scheduled for a October 1 release. All’s well that ends well.