James Gunn, who penned the live-action Scooby-Doo films in the early 2000s, revealed that he wrote Velma Dinkley as 'explicitly gay' but the studio blocked the choices and edited out even ambiguous references.Linda Cardellini portrayed the character in Scooby Doo: The Movie and its sequel Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed, in 2002 and 2004, respectively.While tweeting with fans on Sunday, one asked the 53-year-old filmmaker to 'Please make our live-action lesbian Velma dreams come true,' he wrote emphatically, 'I tried!'He went on to say 'In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script.' Reveal: Velma Dinkley, portrayed by Linda Cardellini in 2002's Scooby-Doo: The Movie, was intended to be 'explicitly gay,' by screenwriter James Gunn,.