California
I'm trying to sell a screenplay and need to know the legalities of whether or not the material is allowed to filmed. There is a sex scene between a 16 year old character and an adult character. I was told that it is illegal to show sex between what looks like to be a minor and an adult. Even if the actress is of legal age it is still illegal because she looks like a minor and it's portrayed that way in the scenario.
However, several movies have gotten away with it. American Pie, Wild Things, In Praise of Older Women. If it's illegal, how did these movies slip through the boundaries? What are the boundaries? Thanks.
I'm trying to sell a screenplay and need to know the legalities of whether or not the material is allowed to filmed. There is a sex scene between a 16 year old character and an adult character. I was told that it is illegal to show sex between what looks like to be a minor and an adult. Even if the actress is of legal age it is still illegal because she looks like a minor and it's portrayed that way in the scenario.
However, several movies have gotten away with it. American Pie, Wild Things, In Praise of Older Women. If it's illegal, how did these movies slip through the boundaries? What are the boundaries? Thanks.