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LOS ANGELES — Herbie: Fully Loaded director Angela Robinson flatly denies rumors that in order to secure a "G" rating for the Disney summer offering star Lindsay Lohan's breasts had to be digitally covered and reduced.
"That, I think, was largely propagated on the Internet," Robinson says. "It wasn't really a concern."
Herbie: Fully Loaded appears to have safely scored its G-rating from the MPAA despite a number of scenes implying that a 42-year-old Volkswagen Bug might be inclined to sex up a younger Bug (complete with engorged radio antennae to imply automotive erections) and moments of euphemistic dialogue that would make small children blush if they could possibly understand. However, compared to her clothes in the hit comedy "Mean Girls," the 18-year-old Lohan's attire is positively conservative, as the actress spends much of the film in a racing suit that reveals less skin than your typical Amish casual wear.
Asked directly if computer wizardry had been used to obscure cleavage or eliminate unwanted prurient implications, Robinson responds tersely.
"No."
Robinson, whose feature directing debut D.E.B.S. made nary a ripple in a limited spring release, admits only to minor tonal disagreements with Disney.
"At times I would veer a little more satirical and then they would dial me back," she says. "The sense of comedy is just a little softer, because it was not to be making fun of directly what you were doing. It was to make fun of the circumstances."
For Robinson, the only ratings-based concerns surrounded some of the scarier moments in Herbie, including a Demolition Derby scene in which the poor car in menaced by a huge monster truck.
"I thought perhaps they'd ask me to scale down the Demo Derby scene," Robinson says. "It was very important to me that it actually be a little scary. I call it the Pinocchio scene. I think the best Disney can really be scary and then triumphant afterwards."
LOS ANGELES — Herbie: Fully Loaded director Angela Robinson flatly denies rumors that in order to secure a "G" rating for the Disney summer offering star Lindsay Lohan's breasts had to be digitally covered and reduced.
"That, I think, was largely propagated on the Internet," Robinson says. "It wasn't really a concern."
Herbie: Fully Loaded appears to have safely scored its G-rating from the MPAA despite a number of scenes implying that a 42-year-old Volkswagen Bug might be inclined to sex up a younger Bug (complete with engorged radio antennae to imply automotive erections) and moments of euphemistic dialogue that would make small children blush if they could possibly understand. However, compared to her clothes in the hit comedy "Mean Girls," the 18-year-old Lohan's attire is positively conservative, as the actress spends much of the film in a racing suit that reveals less skin than your typical Amish casual wear.
Asked directly if computer wizardry had been used to obscure cleavage or eliminate unwanted prurient implications, Robinson responds tersely.
"No."
Robinson, whose feature directing debut D.E.B.S. made nary a ripple in a limited spring release, admits only to minor tonal disagreements with Disney.
"At times I would veer a little more satirical and then they would dial me back," she says. "The sense of comedy is just a little softer, because it was not to be making fun of directly what you were doing. It was to make fun of the circumstances."
For Robinson, the only ratings-based concerns surrounded some of the scarier moments in Herbie, including a Demolition Derby scene in which the poor car in menaced by a huge monster truck.
"I thought perhaps they'd ask me to scale down the Demo Derby scene," Robinson says. "It was very important to me that it actually be a little scary. I call it the Pinocchio scene. I think the best Disney can really be scary and then triumphant afterwards."
