One s*x scene in Poor Things was so polarising that it was edited out of the UK version of the movie.
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Emma Stone has defended the s*x scenes in Poor Things after they’ve been criticised as “uncomfortable” and “excessive”.
As soon as it debuted in cinemas, Poor Things has divided viewers with its graphic s*x scenes. Starring Emma Stone, Poor Things tells the fictional story of Bella, a woman who takes her own life and is then brought back to life by a doctor who replaces her brain with the brain of a living baby. As a result, Bella has an infant’s mind despite being a physically grown adult.
The film then follows Bella on a journey of discovery as she matures intellectually. This journey includes multiple explicit s*x scenes and viewers have criticised them based on Bella’s mental age and how shocking they are. In fact, one scene was edited out of the UK version of the film because it was deemed too controversial to be aired in cinemas.
Now, Emma has addressed the backlash and explained why she thinks the s*x scenes are a necessary part of the film.
In a new interview, Emma made clear that she had no issue with filming the scenes and thought they all rang true to Bella.
Emma argued: “Bella is completely free and without shame about her body. So much of this was about being true to Bella’s experience. [The s*x] is obviously a huge part of her experience and her growth, as it is, I think, for most people in life. But I see it as just one aspect of many – her discovery of food, philosophy, travel and dance. s*x is another aspect.”
She ended by saying: “I’m not a person that just wants to be naked all the time, but I am someone who wants to honour the character as fully as I possibly can. That’s part of her journey.”
WARNING: POOR THINGS SPOILERS BELOW
I’m sorry but movies with too much s*x scenes make me uncomfortable. Just watched poor things and I was so uncomfortable that I couldn’t enjoy it. The plot, the characters, the dialogue was fun, but the explicitness was two too much. It took away from the movie.
— hamoodii 🇵🇸 (@Cut33rbb0i) January 18, 2024
(Poor things) it’s been several days but this is still bothering me. Did anyone else find it weird how long the s*x scene in front of the two little boys went on? If the purpose of that was to show that her job was undesirable, there were other (or shorter) ways to do that. pic.twitter.com/DDM9SseTmZ
What scene was removed from Poor Things?
In the final half of Poor Things, Bella moves to Paris and becomes a s*x worker. In one scene, a client asks Bella to have s*x with him in front of his two sons in order to teach them about s*x, Bella agrees and the s*x scene then unfolds.
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) officially requested for director Yorgos Lanthimos to edit the scene out of the film. In a statement on their website, they wrote: “We informed the distributor we would be likely to classify the film 18 on condition that changes be made to one short sequence depicting s*xual activity in the presence of children.”
They continued: “This is in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978. When the distributor submitted the film for formal classification, the scene had been re-edited, and we were able to classify the film 18.”
What did you think of the s*x scenes in Poor Things?
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