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Buns 'too small' in Brook advert | Buns 'too small' in Brook advert |
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Posters promoting a play starring actress Kelly Brook have had to be changed because buns covering her breasts were deemed to be too small. | Posters promoting a play starring actress Kelly Brook have had to be changed because buns covering her breasts were deemed to be too small. |
The posters for Calendar Girls featured a nude photograph of the star holding iced buns up to her chest. | The posters for Calendar Girls featured a nude photograph of the star holding iced buns up to her chest. |
Transport for London (TfL) demanded the buns be enlarged before allowing the poster to be used in Tube stations. | Transport for London (TfL) demanded the buns be enlarged before allowing the poster to be used in Tube stations. |
The play's producer David Pugh said: "We've found ourselves in the world of censorship, we're in 1960s Russia." | The play's producer David Pugh said: "We've found ourselves in the world of censorship, we're in 1960s Russia." |
Brook plays the role of Celia in the West End play, which tells the story of Women's Institute members who decide to bare all for a charity calendar. | Brook plays the role of Celia in the West End play, which tells the story of Women's Institute members who decide to bare all for a charity calendar. |
The original calendar sold 800,000 copies worldwide. The story inspired the 2003 film on which the stage play is based. | The original calendar sold 800,000 copies worldwide. The story inspired the 2003 film on which the stage play is based. |
Mr Pugh said he found TfL's decision "incredible" and said similar shots of cast members Jerry Hall and Gaynor Faye were used in previous posters. | Mr Pugh said he found TfL's decision "incredible" and said similar shots of cast members Jerry Hall and Gaynor Faye were used in previous posters. |
I don't know what the buns would be in bra sizes but we've gone four sizes up Producer David Pugh | I don't know what the buns would be in bra sizes but we've gone four sizes up Producer David Pugh |
"Someone is sitting in a dark room somewhere peering at any sort of nudity," he said. | "Someone is sitting in a dark room somewhere peering at any sort of nudity," he said. |
"The whole truth of the story that I'm doing is about this group of ordinary women who did something extraordinary. I'm replicating what they did." | "The whole truth of the story that I'm doing is about this group of ordinary women who did something extraordinary. I'm replicating what they did." |
Mr Pugh added: "They said we were trying to titillate Tube travellers, I thought it was a joke. | Mr Pugh added: "They said we were trying to titillate Tube travellers, I thought it was a joke. |
"I don't know what the buns would be in bra sizes but we've gone four sizes up." | "I don't know what the buns would be in bra sizes but we've gone four sizes up." |
A TfL spokesman said: "We worked with the advertiser to ensure that the advert complied with our policy. | A TfL spokesman said: "We worked with the advertiser to ensure that the advert complied with our policy. |
"We will be carrying an amended version of the advert on the Tube network." | "We will be carrying an amended version of the advert on the Tube network." |
Fittingly, one of the most memorable lines in both the film and play is uttered by Chris, the driving force behind the calendar, as preparations are made for the naked photo-shoot. | |
"We're going to need considerably bigger buns." |
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