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>> Shannon: IN THEATERS
TONIGHT, UNPLANNED, THE STORY OF
A FORMER PLANNED PARENTHOOD
DIRECTOR TURNED WHISTLE-BLOWER
WHO CHANGED HER VIEWS WHAT SHE
WITNESSED AN ULTRASOUND-GUIDED
ABORTION.
ALSO, AS THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR
PREPARES TO SIGN A NEW BILL
RESTRICTION THAT IS GOING TO
RESTRICT MOST ABORTIONS, WHEN
THE HEARTBEAT IS DETECTED,
HOLLYWOOD IS THREATENING A
BOYCOTT APPEARED AT THE STAR OF
"UNPLANNED" WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE
IN GEORGIA HERSELF.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Shannon: I WANT TO READ YOU
WHAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS
SAYING, THEY SAY THESE ABORTION
BANDS ARE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN POLITICIANS TRY TO STIR UP
PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS BY SPREADING
LIES.
OF THE LIES HAVE TO STOP, AND HE
WORKED IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY
AROUND ATLANTA.
THEY HAD 450 OR SO PRODUCTIONS
AT LAST YEAR.
A LOT OF BIG MOVIES AND SHOWS IN
HOLLYWOOD SAYING BECAUSE OF
THIS, I THINK THEY MAY BOYCOTT
THE STATE ALTOGETHER.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IS JUST A
COUPLE OF LOUD VOICES.
ALYSSA MILANO HAS BEEN VERY
VOCAL ABOUT WHERE SHE STANDS ON
WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, AND
I JUST FELT COMPELLED BECAUSE
SHE WAS CALLING FOR A BOYCOTT IN
MY HOME STATE TO REACH OUT TO
HER AND TALK TO HER MOTHER TO
MOTHER, ACTORS TO ACTORS, AND AS
SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN GEORGIA,
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SAY THAT
THE POLITICIANS ARE LYING, BUT
AT WHAT OUR FILM DOES IS IT
EXPOSES THE LIES THAT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IS PERPETUATING.
>> Shannon: YOU KNOW THERE'S
BEEN A TON OF CONTROVERSY, AND
THERE WILL BE IF THIS CONTINUES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THIS
MOVIE GOT A R RATING WHICH A LOT
OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS IRONIC,
THAT MOST WOMEN COULD GET AN
ABORTION WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS
INVOLVEMENT COULDN'T EVEN WATCH
THE MOVIE WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS
INVOLVEMENT.
HERE IS WHAT RUSH LIMBAUGH SAID.
>> WHEN HE SLAPPED A LETTER R
RATING ON IT, GUESS WHO WERE
BASICALLY TELLING THEY SHOULDN'T
SEE THE MOVIE?
CHRISTIANS, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY
AUDIENCE.
THEY SLAP IN R RATING ON THIS
THING SIMPLY TO FURTHER DIMINISH
ITS EFFORTS TO BE MARKETED, AND
THUS TO BE SEEN.
>> Shannon: ACTUALLY, DO YOU
THINK THAT IS GOING TO KEEP SOME
RELIGIOUS AUDIENCES AWAY FROM
SEEING THIS MOVIE?
>> IF ANYTHING, I THINK IT HAS
REALLY EMPOWERED US AND OUR
MARKETING STRATEGY, BECAUSE,
PEOPLE ARE COMPARING THIS MOVIE
TO "SCHINDLER'S LIST."
AND I THINK WHAT IT IS DOING IS
ENCOURAGING CHRISTIANS TO START
TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND TO TALK
TO THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT IT.
TO TAKE THEIR PRETEENS AND THEIR
TEENS, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T,
SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE
THAT TALK WITH THEM.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS
CURRICULUM IN OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, SO AS CHRISTIANS,
SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
ABORTION, YOU NEED TO HAVE IT
YOURSELF, HAVE IT NOW.
>> Shannon: SOME CRITICS
RESPOND AND SAY THEY REVIEWED
THE MOVIE AND SAY "UNPLANNED"
ISN'T A GOOD MOVIE, BUT IT IS
EFFECTIVE PROPAGANDA, OR AT
LEAST IT IS IF YOU BELONG TO THE
GROUP IT IS TARGETING, THOSE WHO
BELIEVE ABORTION IN AMERICA IS A
LEGAL RIGHT IS REALLY A CRIME.
YOU HAD TO KNOW THAT YOU WOULD
GET THAT CRITICISM SO HOW DO YOU
RESPOND?
>> I WOULD GIVE THEM MORE OF A
RESPONSE IF THEY HADN'T SPELLED
MY NAME WRONG THREE TIMES IN THE
ARTICLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SPELL
MY NAME THREE TIMES WRONG AND
I'M THE LEAD ACTORS, SO TRY AND
TELL ME IT IS PROPAGANDA THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA.
>> Shannon: FOR YOU NOW, HAS
THIS BEEN A CAREER PATH, FOR
THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT BE
INTERESTED IN CASTING YOU
BECAUSE OF YOUR INTEREST IN THIS
MOVIE?
>> IN MY PERSONAL LIFE AND MY
CAREER, IN 2012 I MADE THE
DECISION TO GIVE MY CAREER TO
THE LORD AND I SAID OKAY, GOD, I
BELIEVE YOU GAVE ME THESE GIFTS
AND I WANT TO GLORIFY YOU WITH
THEM.
SO WHATEVER THAT TAKES ME AND
WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE I'M I
GIVE IT ALL TO YOU.
THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN I
WAS GOING TO END UP DOING
NOTHING BUT FAITH BASED FILMS,
BECAUSE I'VE DONE OTHER THINGS
IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT GOD HAS
REALLY KIND OF PLACE TO ME HERE
AND EVEN WITH MY PERSONAL STORY
ATTACHED TO THIS, HE HAS DONE
MIRACULOUS WORK IN MY LIFE AND
THROUGH THIS FILM AND I AM JUST
REALLY PROUD AND HUMBLED TO BE A
PART OF IT.
>> Shannon: DO YOU THINK BOTH
SIDES OF THE ISSUE WILL GO AND
SEE THIS FILM?
>> I DO.
I HAD A LOT OF PRO-CHOICE
FRIENDS OF MY OWN GO AND SEE IT.
I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE I DON'T
KNOW ON TWITTER SEND ME TO EAT
AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW YOU, I
DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I
RESPECT YOU AND I'M GOING TO SEE
THIS FILM.
ACTUALLY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE
REVIEWS I HAVE SEEN SO FAR WAS
TITLED, "PRO-CHOICER REVIEWS
PRO-LIFE FILM."
IN THE THE HEADLINE WAS
SOMETHING LIKE, "THIS FILM WILL
CHALLENGE YOU MORE THAN ANY
DEBATE YOU HAVE HAD ON
FACEBOOK."
A CRITIC SAID SHE CRIED THROUGH
THE WHOLE THING AND LEFT WITH SO
MANY QUESTIONS AND WAS
CHALLENGED SO MUCH.
>> Shannon: SOME TOUGH
MATERIAL, HENCE THE R RATING,
BUT I CAN SPARK A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ON
ALL SIDES OF THIS ISSUE TO GIVE
IT A CHANCE, HAVE AN OPEN MIND,
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH FRIENDS
HOPEFULLY IN A RESPECTFUL WAY
