"INBRED" WV MOVIE CASTING DIRECTOR FIRED

(02/28/2008)

The producers of the horror thriller "Shelter" have fired the Pittsburgh casting director who outraged West Virginians by publicly seeking physically deformed and in-bred looking people to portray residents of a West Virginia "holler." The reaction from West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and others was swift following a story that appeared in the Pittsburg Tribune-Review. "Shelter" producers Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet said Tuesday night that the movie will not be set in West Virginia and the state will not even be mentioned in the film. "Oh behalf of the entire 'Shelter' production, we regret and are deeply sorry for the very insensitive casting call sent out without our knowledge by our casting director Donna Belajac who has been dismissed from this project," the producers said.

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