Florence Pugh black-barred over ‘Oppenheimer’ nudity in India, Middle East
nypost.com“Oppenheimer” is director Christopher Nolan’s first R-rated film in over 20 years due to its sexual content, nudity and explicit language.
And one scene featuring a topless Florence Pugh has offended religious and government officials alike in India and the Middle East, who have taken action to censor the shot since the film’s global release.Pugh, 27, plays Jean Tatlock, a brilliant psychiatrist and communist who falls for physicist J.
Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy).A tweet by the so-called Disc Father, a self-proclaimed “physical media advocate” with tens of thousands of followers on social media, was one of the first moviegoers to spot the little black box … err, dress, that has been superimposed on Pugh’s nude body in the interest of modesty.“Some countries are censoring #Oppeneheimer by putting a CGI [computer-generated imagery] black dress on Florence Pugh,” the media buff wrote alongside the edited shot from the film.Sources close to the movie’s production have recently divulged to the Hollywood Reporter that rather than cut the NSFW scene, a “soft base” version showing the actress covered up was “used to secure a release” across the Middle East and India.The insider added that the film cuts were created “per usual business practice” so they could debut in certain other countries.Nudity isn’t the only aspect of “Oppenheimer” that’s got Indian viewers riled.Elsewhere in the film, Pugh is depicted while engaged in intercourse with the main character, as she urges him to read aloud verses from a copy of “Bhagavad Gita” on Oppenheimer’s shelf.
The shot was previously condemned by Indian officials who claim it is inappropriate and offensive.“It has come to our notice that the movie ‘Oppenheimer’ contains a scene.
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