"54" Director's Cut Will Feature The Ryan Phillippe/Breckin Meyer Sex Scene You've Been Waiting 17 Years For
A new director's cut of the cult classic film 54 will feature 36 minutes of scrapped footage–including a discarded sex scene between real-life besties Ryan Phillippe and Breckin Meyer.
The theatrical release of the film in 1998 was re-edited so heavily in post production that producer Dolly Hall dubbed it “55.”
“They didn’t test it in the cities (where the audience for a dark, edgy indie movie would be)," director Mark Christopher explained to Variety. "They tested it out in malls in Long Island and places like that, and that audience was split between the cool people who loved it and the homophobes in the audience.”
The love triangle between Phillippe, Breckin and Selma Hayek back in the movie–including a scene in which Phillippe comes on to Meyer in the club’s basement, shortly after having sex with his wife. Where the theatrical release had Phillippe's character sleeping with an array of female sexual partners, the new cut has him alternating between men and women.
“We did something that was relatively bold for two young male actors, and we took pride in the places that the original story went," Phillippe explained to Vulture. "So, it’s nice that people finally get to see Breckin and me kiss."
The 54 director’s cut will be available on Digital HD June 2.
