“When he was asked to perform the stunt from the other side of the pool, which was not how he had been doing it all day, he balked,” Cameron wrote. The video’s release led to calls for boycott from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and caused producer Amblin Entertainment and distributor Universal Pictures to cancel plans for the movie’s upcoming Los Angeles premiere event.Īmerican Humane, an organization that ensures the safety and well being of animals used in film and TV productions, also placed an on-set monitor on leave following the unauthorized release of the video.Ĭameron said he found the video “to be shocking because when I was on set, the ethic of everyone was the safety and comfort of the dogs.”Ĭameron said the additional footage from earlier in the day in question shows Hercules, the dog in the video, “joyfully jumping in the pool.” On Wednesday, TMZ published a video allegedly from the set of “A Dog’s Purpose” showing a dog in apparent distress while filming a stunt in rushing water.ĬNN was not been able to independently verify the video’s authenticity. “The written commentary accompanying the edited video mischaracterizes what happened.” “I have since viewed footage taken of the day in question, when I wasn’t there, and it paints an entirely different picture,” he said in a statement via a representative and posted on the novel’s official Facebook page.
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Bruce Cameron is defending the movie against claims of animal mistreatment after he said he viewed additional footage from the incident portrayed in a leaked, now-viral video.