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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Lilo & Stitch director responds to criticism over character not wearing dress in live-action remake

Dean Fleischer Camp, the director of the new live-action Lilo & Stitch remake, has addressed fan complaints over the movie’s reinvention of beloved character Agent Pleakley.

The one-eyed alien was a major character in the original Disney animated franchise. A self-proclaimed “Earth expert,” Pleakley partnered with Jumba Jookiba on a mission to capture Experiment 626/Stitch. In the 2002 film, he went undercover wearing a dress and wig to try and fit in with humans.

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