LONDON (AP) — The creator of Paddington Bear says he’s “amazed” that authorities have found mild adult content in a film version of the famous British children’s books.
The British Board of Film Classification has given the “Paddington” movie a parental guidance rating, saying it contains “dangerous behavior, mild threat, mild sex references and mild bad language.”
Michael Bond, the bear’s 88-year-old creator, said he had not yet seen the film, but told the Daily Mail newspaper that he couldn’t imagine what the sex references were.
The authority on Tuesday changed “mild sex references” to “innuendo” after the movie’s distributor objected. The description refers to a scene of flirtation involving a cross-dressing man.
The board said the film’s scenes of dangerous behavior include Paddington hiding inside a refrigerator.