Thursday 20 November 2014

Paddington film: BBFC changes advice about 'sex references'

Paddington bear outside Buckingham Palace
This is the first time the Paddington stories have been adapted for the big screen

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The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has changed its guidance about "mild sex references" in the new Paddington film.
The announcement follows reports that Paddington author Michael Bond, 88, was "totally amazed" at the BBFC's advice.
After an approach from the film's distributor the BBFC altered the term "mild sex references" to "innuendo".
The film, out in the UK on 28 November, is rated a PG.
Ben Whishaw voices the marmalade-loving bear from Darkest Peru in the live-action film, which also stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Peter Capaldi and Nicole Kidman as a villainous taxidermist.
Bonneville, who plays Mr Brown, told the BBC on Tuesday that he thought it "hilarious" that the BBFC had mentioned "mild sex references" in relation to a scene in which he disguises himself as a cleaning woman and is flirted with by a security guard.
"I was scratching my head thinking 'what are the censors talking about?" he said. "There were four and five year olds watching it the other day laughing uproariously, so I don't think it's going to damage any young children - or indeed any 75 year olds."