Cosby cut from documentary about black stuntmen

Producer Nonie Robinson said on Tuesday that Cosby has been removed from Painted Down.

“Painted Down” is a documentary based on the age-old practice of hiring white men as a body double for an actor of Afro-American descent.

According to Robinson, Cosby was an instrumental advocate for the eradication of the “paint down” process after witnessing it on his hit 1960s television show I Spy.

Robinson said the film, which also features Whoopi Goldberg, had been “standing by” Cosby. In the deposition in question, Cosby reportedly admits to obtaining quaaludes for the goal of giving them to women he wanted to sleep with.

It is the only publicly available testimony he has given in response to accusations he drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women over four decades.

Be Civil – It’s OK to have a difference in opinion but there’s no need to be a jerk. “The day of the shooting, I showed up for that scene to see it”, Cosby said in the now-cut footage.

The former TV star protested this and the next day a black stunt-performer was hired – a move which ultimately helped to give traction to creating the Black Stuntmen’s Association in 1967. “If it hadn’t been for Cosby, I don’t think there would have been a Black Stuntmen’s Association”.

“He did a hell of a lot for black stuntmen”, said BSA president Willie Smith, who had a lengthy tribute to Cosby removed from the organization’s website recently. “It’s not that we’re turning our backs on him, but the controversy is getting too much to deal with”.

“It’s all very sad and I support Mr. Cosby, who has been nothing but generous, kind and a mentor to me working in this project”, she told Deadline. As it turned out, there were few black stuntmen in Hollywood at the time, something Cosby didn’t realize, and this was the first time a lead actor had ever spoken out against what was a widespread practice.