‘American Sniper’ ending adjusted for Kyle’s widow

LOS ANGELES: The Hollywood honchos behind ‘American Sniper’ omitted a final scene that would have depicted Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s gory death after the soldier’s widow Taya, Kyle urged them to leave it out, the show’s writer revealed.
The film stars Sienna Miller and actor Bradley Cooper and is directed by Clint Eastwood.
Screenwriter Jason Hall said he wrote five scenarios on how to approach the scene, but the team eventually decided not to use them following a request by Taya, Kyle’s widow, reported the New York Daily News.
“Five days after Chris was murdered, (Taya Kyle) called and said, ‘This is going to be how my children remember their father, so I want you to get right’,” Hall said.
“In the end, I think we felt that this was a film about Chris’ life and not about his death. We also wanted to be careful not to glorify the guy who did it,” Hall added.
‘American Sniper’ tells the story of Chris Kyle who was claimed to be the most lethal sniper in the US military history.
He died in February 2013 after he and a friend were shot by a troubled veteran.
The trial is still under way.
Meanwhile, a state-owned newspaper in Iran is quoting the country’s supreme leader as criticizing “American Sniper,” saying it encourages violence against Muslims.
Iran’s Farsi daily newspaper published the comments in its Tuesday edition quoting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei talking about the film.
The newspaper quoted Khamenei as saying he hadn’t watched the film starring Bradley Cooper, but had heard about its plot from others.
Khamenei reportedly said: “The movie ‘Sniper’ that is made by Hollywood encourages a Christian or non-Muslim youngster to harass and offend the Muslims as far as they could.” He also said Muslims have no safety in the West.