Animal rights demonstrators confronted the makers of the new film `Twisters” at its premiere in Westwood Thursday evening, objecting to the film’s depiction of rodeos.
One PETA protester was escorted from the premiere after running down the theater aisle toward the stage as director Lee Isaac Chung and actors Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones were introducing the film. The woman shouted “There’s no excuse for animal abuse” as she was escorted from the theater by security.
Meanwhile, a group of protesters, some wearing cow masks, staged a protest outside the building, blasting the film for “forcing animals to stage distressing scenes that glorify rodeos.”
“Twisters” is a sequel to the 1996 film “Twister,” and stars Powell as a former rodeo star and storm chaser.
PETA is calling on Universal Pictures to include a disclaimer in the movie’s credits about the “real-life cruelty inherent in the events — in which cows (including calves), horses, and other animals are tormented, maimed, and often killed — and to discourage audiences from attending them.”
Attempts to reach Universal Pictures for comment were not immediately successful.