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Innocence of Muslims
The controversial film
Innocence of Muslims, which portrays the prophet Muhammad as a child molester, has outraged Muslims worldwide. But offensive passages were dubbed in after filming, and the crew says the producer lied about his objectives.
The now-notorious movie essentially claims Muhammad was a fraud, portraying Islam's holiest figure as a womanizer who approved of pedophilia, among other things.
But a statement purportedly written on behalf of the film's crew says its producer "took advantage" of the team.
"The entire cast and crew are extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer," the statement, published by CNN, reads. "We are shocked by the drastic re-writes of the script and lies that were told to all involved. We are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred."
An actress who played a role in the movie told
Gawker she was given no signs as to the true end product of the film, which had the working title
Desert Warriors and was supposed to be set thousands of years before Muhammad lived.
"It wasn't based on anything to do with religion, it was just on how things were run in Egypt," Cindy Lee Garcia said. "There wasn't anything about Muhammad or Muslims or anything."
The name Muhammad was dubbed into the film's audio track during post-production, along with just about every other reference to Islam, offensive or not.
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