Same-Sex Kiss Restored in Pixar's Lightyear: Is This Going To Be Singapore's First M18 Pixar Movie?
It happened to Marvel's 'Eternals' last year.
A same-sex kiss has been restored in Pixar's Lightyear following outcry from the company's LGBTQ employees and allies.
The upcoming movie — which stars Chris Evans as the real-life inspiration for Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear — features a female character Hawthorne (voiced by Orange is the New Black's Uzo Aduba) who is in a relationship with another woman.
Variety reports that a kiss between the two characters had been cut from the movie but after Pixar employees' recent statement to Walt Disney Company leadership claiming that Disney executives had censored "overtly gay affection" in its films, the kiss has been restored.
The decision to reinstate the kiss means that Lightyear is very likely to be rated M18 (which bars audiences aged 18 and below) when it opens in Singapore on June 16.
Last year, Disney ran into the same censorship situation with Marvel's Eternals which also featured a same-gender kissing scene. 8days.sg has reached out to Disney for comment.
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