‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Director Responds to Criticism of Pleakley Dressing as Woman in New Movie | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Director Explains Why One Character Isn’t In Live-Action Remake: “Just Didn’t Work”

With Lilo & Stitch‘s journey to live-action, at least one character didn’t return from the original 2002 Disney animated film. Director Dean Fleischer Camp recently explained he had to “free up real estate” in his new remake, now playing in theaters, which is why Captain Gantu of the Galactic Federation doesn’t appear in his remake. […]

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Director Responds to Criticism of Pleakley Dressing as Woman in New Movie | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

The director of the new Lilo & Stitch live-action movie understands all of the backlash surrounding Pleakley. In the 2002 animated movie, the one-eyed alien disguised himself as a woman and wore gender-bent disguises while in Hawaii and watching Stitch. However, in the new live-action movie, Pleakley, who is played by Billy Magnussen, disguises himself as a man, which many fans were not happy about. In a new TikTok, director Dean Fleischer Camp …

"Director of Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Responds to Pleakley Fashion Crisis: ‘I Tried, OK?!’"

The internet is in full meltdown mode over… Pleakley’s wardrobe choices. Yes, that one-eyed alien icon who famously slayed in heels and wigs back in 2002 is now serving… less in the live-action Lilo & Stitch. And fans are not having it. So, what’s the tea? In the OG animated movie, Pleakley went full-on fabulous—think […] The post “Director of Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Responds to Pleakley Fashion Crisis: ‘I Tried, OK?!’” appeared first on ICONI…

Dean Fleischer-Camp, the director of Lilo and Stitch's remake, is pleased with the changes that have been made in the film's leap to live action.