Matthew Vaughn explains why Argylle has a PG-13 rating, and the "annoying" parts he had to cut to land it
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While Matthew Vaughn has dabbled in spy movies before, Argylle marks a big change for the director in terms of rating. Eschewing his usual R-rated, hyper-violent action hits like Kick-Ass and Kingsman, Vaughn’s latest is fir🐭mly in💧 the PG-13 camp, which he says was a conscious choice.
Speaking to the and GamesRadar+, Vaughn explains he wanted to make a date movie inspired by films like Charade, Romancing the Stone, and North by Northwest. "These are movies that didn't need to be an R, like Kick-Ass neededꦅ to be," he says. "The rating should be a reflection of what the film is, not trying to make a movie for a rating."
Argylle follows a reclusive author called Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) who writes a best-selling set of novels starring superspy Agent Argylle (Henry Cavill). However, she soon finds herself sucked into the happenings of a real-life spy organizaꦐtion when her novel gets♓ too close to the truth.
But even though the rat🌊ing fits the story, Vaughn adds that they had to make 🐽some adjustments to get the film over the line in the edit.
"We had to make a🍬 few little cuts to get it to PG-13. Two of them annoyed the hell out of me, but, hey, ho," the Kick-Ass director continues. "I was like, 'Really, that makes it an R?'
"It sort of made me laugh. I didn't know this at the time but headshots give you an R, chest shots, don't. I said, 'I don't understand that because 🗹shooting someone in the chest is acceptable, but then the head is really bad?' I don't think most people care where you're going to get shot, if you're gonna get shot, you're gonna get shot."
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