Disney star who played 12-year-old kissing grown woman responds to calls for movie to be removed from streaming

For nearly nine decades, Disney has been churning out cinematic hits that make us laugh, cry and are suitable for child audiences - which are three pretty tricky boxes to tick.

From the old school flicks like Cinderella to modern day box office hits like Frozen, the American movie studio seems to have the Midas Touch when it comes to filmmaking.

These days, you can binge-watch Disney's entire catalogue on its very own streaming service, Disney+.

However, viewers aren't too keen on all the films which are available to watch on there - in fact, people have outright called for some specific titles to be removed.

One of these controversial movies is the 1994 comedy, Blank Check, starring a then-12-year-old Brian Bonsall.

Take a look at the trailer here:

He took on the role of Preston Waters, a young lad who is nearly killed when crook Carl Quigley (Miguel Ferrer) runs over his bike.

To apologise for the near-death experience, Quigley hands him a blank cheque - and the cunning youngster makes it out for a million dollars before cashing it.

He goes on a spending spree, as one would, and ends up buying houses under a range of different names.

The FBI and the bank end up getting wind of the young property mogul and start to search for him, leading him to strike up a pretty strange relationship with Shay Stanley, who was played by then-31-year-old actor Karen Duffy.

There is one particular scene between the pair which really doesn't sit well with viewers, who have made it clear they think it has no place in a Disney movie in furious social media posts.

One certain scene in Blank Check has left viewers repulsed. (Disney)

One said: "Just watched Blank Check on Disney+ and WHAT THE HELL. They need to pull the movie off the platform, like how is that even okay. Gross."

Another wrote: "HOW WAS THIS SCENE IN A DISNEY MOVIE???"

A third chimed in: "Blank Check on Disney+ showed a grown woman kissing, flirting, and going on dates with a 12-year-old. Wtfff?"

A fourth commented: "DISNEY WAS OUTTA LINE FOR THIS! Shay Stanley Kissing Preston Waters! LAWD, he was 12."

While a fifth added: "So they can keep Blank Check on Disney+ which has a REAL child kiss a grown adult but I cannot my have a PG 13 Lizzie McGuire reboot?"

The controversial storyline in Blank Check focuses on the growing crush Waters develops on Duffy, an FBI agent who is posing as a bank teller as part of the investigation.

Brian Bonsall bizarrely locked lips with his much older co-star. (Disney)

Towards the end of the one hour 35 minute movie, the pair are chatting about a weird 'date' they went on where they both went out for dinner and the little lad gifted her some jewellery.

Waters shoots his shot and asks for round two, to which Duffy replies: "Why don't you give me a call in, say, about ten years?"

They hammer out the details of their future liaison - which in the film world would occur when the actor turned 17 - before the woman who is 19-years his senior then bizarrely leans in to kiss Waters on the lips.

Duffy then ruffles his hair and trots off, before Waters dad finds him looking as though he is in 'shock'.

Although a lot of Disney+ subscribers reckon that the scene in Blank Check is downright inappropriate, Bosnall himself previously spoke out in defence of the film.

The actor shared a Facebook post saying: "I had an absolute blast filming this movie! Everyone was a joy to work with and it's awesome to see so many people still enjoy it!"

LADbible has contacted Disney for comment.