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In a lengthy post onTwitter, Uday Mahurkar, founder of the Save Culture Save India (SCSI) Foundation, wrote “a scene in the movie shows a woman makes a man read Bhagwad Geeta aloud while getting over him and doing sexual intercourse. She is holding Bhagwad Geeta in one hand, and the other hands seems to be adjusting the position of their reproductive organs.”
lorence Pugh is Jean Tatlock and Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in OPPENHEIMER,.Universal Pictures
In the scene, Murphy, 47, as J. Robert Oppenheimer, reads the sacred text, “I am become Death, destroyer of worlds,” while being intimate with Pugh’s Jean Tatlock.
Mahurkar said it crossed a “red line,” claiming “Islamophobia," adding that removing the scene would “win hearts of Hindus, it will go a long way to establish your credentials as a sensitized human being and gift you friendship of billions of nice people.”
Some moviegoers in India went toOppenheimershowings as early as 3 a.m. on opening day, and social media erupted with protests soon after,Varietyreported. According to the outlet, India’s minister for information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur has also asked for the sex scene to be deleted.
AsPEOPLEpreviously reported, Nolan, 52, toldInsiderhow he felt about shooting sex scenes between Murphy and Pugh, 27.
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Oppenheimeris rated R for “some sexuality, nudity and language.” It’s the first of the director’s films to include sex scenes; he’s known for films likeThe Dark Knighttrilogy,Inception,Tenet,Dunkirk,Interstellarand more.
When asked whether he was nervous how audiences might react to sex scenes in the movie, Nolan said, “Any time you’re challenging yourself to work in areas you haven’t worked in before, you should be appropriately nervous and appropriately careful and planned and prepared.”
“When you look at Oppenheimer’s life and you look at his story, that aspect of his life, the aspect of his sexuality, his way with women, the charm that he exuded, it’s an essential part of his story,” he added.
“[Christopher] knew that those scenes would get the movie the rating that it got. And I think when you see it, it’s so f—- powerful. And they’re not gratuitous. They’re perfect. And Florence is just amazing,” Murphy said.
“I have loved Florence’s work sinceLady Macbeth, and I think she’s f—- phenomenal,” thePeaky Blindersactor continued. “She has this presence as a person and on screen that is staggering. The impact she has [inOppenheimer] for the size of the role, it’s quite devastating.”
Oppenheimermade an incredible $80.5 millionin its first three days in theaters.
The film features —along with Murphy and Pugh,Matt Damon,Emily Blunt,Robert Downey Jr.,Josh Hartnett,Kenneth Branagh,David Krumholtz,Josh Peck,Casey Affleck, Benny Safdie,Rami Malek,Kenneth Branaghand Jack Quaid, among others.
Oppenheimeris in theaters now.
source: people.com
