@atarax7:
Dear all,
I just got the deleted scene from Minets du Quebec featuring Thierry Pepin. As far as you know are there any particular reasons I shouldn't post it? I will be happy to share it.
Please, just give me a tip.
Unfortunately, this torrent was deleted earlier today with the reason given that Pepin was underage when the scene was shot. I don't believe that was the case, but it's a complicated situation. Here are the issues as I see them:
Age of the the model:
According to any biographies of Pepin that list a birth date, he was born in 1981 in Montreal; I don't know what specific date. Minets du Quebec was released by Clair Production in 2001; again, I don't know what specific date. Putting these together, even if Pepin were born 31st December 1981 and the film was released on 1st January 2001, it would mean that Clair Production took over one year to do editing, post-production, and pre-marketing for the film. The porn industry doesn't sit on things that long. Therefore, I don't think Pepin was underage when the scene was shot.
Pepin's new career:
Clair Production promotes Minets du Quebec as a film that features "very well gifted boys we have found in a haphazard way in Quebec…met in streets or in bars." Pepin was most likely found in a bar, asked to do a porn scene for money, and perhaps after a few drinks the 18-19 year old guy figured that an on-screen fuck was certainly worth a couple thousand dollars. Soon, though, he embarked on a "legitimate" modelling career, and also was featured in the film Danny in the Sky (formerly available on this site, but now dead and removed). As his new career began to take off (especially with contracts to model for Ralph Lauren) he saw his one-night porn job to be a liability. His attorneys originally approached Clair Production with the argument that he had not signed all the appropriate releases to appear in a porn film. When Clair produced those, Pepin's attorneys then made the argument that he was underage at the time. A large production company like Clair would certainly have checked ID's before shooting (or buying) a scene, so the question arises whether Pepin had a fake ID (hardly a rare phenomenon!) to be able to get into a bar. This is of course possible, but from the timeline above, it's just not likely that he was underage. Nevertheless, Clair quite understandably didn't want any suspicion of promoting underage material, and it purged the scene from the film.
Purging the record:
It appears that some copies of Minets du Quebec were shipped that included Pepin's scene–or maybe a technician leaked the clip. Bits of the scene and screen grabs began showing up on various blogs and other websites, and Pepin's attorneys/agents went to work getting the material removed everywhere it showed up, using the underage argument. I don't know whether they produced any documentation to this effect, but given the seriousness of using underage models, people complied with the request, and a web search to find the "deleted scene" or even screen grabs from it will be futile. Doing a Google Image search on "Thierry Pepin" will turn up a couple of face-only pictures of Pepin from the purged scene, but they're not identified as being from the film and have escaped removal threats (or were posted recently; see below).
Epilogue:
At this point (2010), Pepin's modelling career appears to be over. At 29, he's too old for the jobs he once had, but I'm sure he's still quite attractive. I have read on a couple of blogs that he is now available for "personal services and companionship" through the rentboy.com website, but I can't verify that. I saw his film Danny in the Sky some time back, and I seem to recall one quick full frontal shot, showing a nice, uncut tool. His ass is shown in several scenes, and it's quite nice.
Final disclaimer:
1) I wish I could provide references for the statements I make above, but I did this searching quite a while back and can't reconstruct my sources.
2) I did download the deleted scene via this site a few days ago, and I plan to keep it on my hard drive because I'm convinced that he was not underage at the time of production. I can, however, understand GT.ru's desire to be extremely careful about what content is available here, and taking down the torrent was probably a reasonable call.
3) I know that I am verbose. One of these decades I will learn to be more succinct, maybe.