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The star of The Blind Side says has talked about the film taking \u2018certain liberties\u2019 amid recent controversy around the family it was based on.<\/p>\n
However, Quinton Aaron, who portrayed former NFL player Michael Oher in the Oscar-winning film, also said he felt as though the film has served \u2018a greater purpose than anyone could have hoped for\u2019.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week Oher filed a petition at a court in Tennessee, claiming that Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy placed him under a conservatorship, rather than adopting him, and have enriched themselves at his expense.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old former tackle has asked for the conservatorship to be terminated, along with requesting a full accounting of the money earned from the use of his name and story.<\/p>\n
His story was made into the 2009 film The Blind Side, which starred Aaron, as well as Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy \u2013 a performance for which she won an Oscar \u2013 and Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy.<\/p>\n
In the paperwork, the Super Bowl winner claimed that all four members of the Tuohy family were paid $225,000 plus 2.5% of the film\u2019s \u2018defined net proceeds\u2019, while he received nothing.<\/p>\n
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In an interview with US outlet People, Aaron said that it was likely that not all of the story was \u2018gonna be a hundred percent [true].\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019re in the business of entertaining, and sometimes, there\u2019s certain liberties that are taken from either the writer or producer or the creator\u2019s standpoint to make the film [appealing] to a certain audience,\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n
\u2018And I think in doing so, they successfully put out something that has motivated an entire generation of people to do good.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Even though it\u2019s unfortunate how today\u2019s current events are playing out between the family and Michael, I still feel like the movie itself has served a greater purpose than anyone could have hoped for.\u2019<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Aaron also defended his co-star Bullock after several fans claimed she should give her Oscar back following the Michael Oher lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Following the bombshell lawsuit, some had declared that Bullock \u2013 who recently\u00a0lost her partner\u00a0Bryan Randall\u00a0<\/strong>after a private three-year battle with\u00a0ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 should return her Academy Award, however, many came to the 59-year-old star\u2019s defence, acknowledging that she is not to blame for the situation.<\/p>\n \u2018She gave a brilliant performance, and that shouldn\u2019t be tarnished for something that had nothing to do with her,\u2019 Aaron told TMZ.<\/p>\n \u2018To make a statement like that doesn\u2019t make any sense. Sandra Bullock didn\u2019t have anything to do with the real story that we\u2019re reading as of right now.\u2019<\/p>\n The actress has reportedly been upset by the backlash to the film too, with an insider revealing that she \u2018hates that such a wonderful story, a spectacular movie, and a spectacular time in her life now has been tainted\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Now people won\u2019t watch it and if they do, they will have a completely different reaction to its original intention,\u2019 they added to DailyMail.com.<\/p>\n \u2018There was so much hard work put into the film that they all thought was the truth and now that has been questioned, it just upsets Sandra to no end that a time in her life that was so special, is now shadowed with a completely different perspective.\u2019<\/p>\n On Wednesday lawyers for the Tuohys said that the couple intended to end the conservatorship, having previously shared that they were \u2018devastated\u2019 by Oher\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy intend to enter into a consent order to end the conservatorship, lawyer Randall Fishman told reporters.<\/p>\n Oher\u2019s claims were previously described as \u2018outlandish, hurtful and absurd\u2019 by representatives for the couple, who claimed that the NFL star had attempted to \u2018run this play before\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n