The head of the Malaysian Censorship Board says had director Bill Condon not mentioned the "gay moment" in his film "Beauty and the Beast", it would not have generated so much curiosity and they would have passed the film with a minor cut. "Maybe if Condon had not mentioned the 'gay element', people wouldn't be so curious and we could let it go with a potentially minor cut. Talking about the cut, he adds "so what was initially three seconds, has become over four minutes". Disney Malaysia has submitted the film for an appeal and they are scheduled to meet the Film Appeals Committee on March 21 to view the movie. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna March 19, 2017 10:30 UTC