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"Tom Hooper has admitted that he is against any cuts being made to The King&amp;#039;s Speech. It was recently reported that Harvey Weinstein is planning to re-edit the royal drama in order to tone down its profanity and secure a PG-13 rating when it gets re-released after the Oscars. However, British director Hooper - who recently emerged with the top prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards - has now revealed that he does not agree with the idea. &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;#039;t support cutting the film in any way,&amp;quot; he told Entertainment Weekly. &amp;quot;I think we looked at whether it&amp;#039;s possible to bleep out the f**ks and stuff, but I&amp;#039;m not going to actually cut that part. I&amp;#039;m not going to cut the film.&amp;quot; Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Queen Elizabeth in the Oscar-nominated picture, also voiced her disapproval of the idea, arguing that the film&amp;#039;s use of strong language is not gratuitous. She insisted: &amp;quot;I think every 13-year-old knows [the words]. I think every 8-year-old [does]. It&amp;#039;s the whole point of it. It&amp;#039;s not to be offensive. I think they said they were going to put [in] bleeps. [The film] is not violent. It&amp;#039;s full of humanity and wit.&amp;quot; Hooper went on to say that no decision has been made regarding the proposed cuts. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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