Martine McCutcheon defends Love Actually following diversity criticism

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'The characters weren't being PC.'

"First of all, it's another woman [Annie] that mentions Natalie's weight and Natalie herself. Of course, it's easy to say now: 'We would have done this, we would have done that,' but I also think that the characters weren't being PC," McCutcheon said.

"They weren't perfect humans – they were talking about their insecurities, their affairs. Natalie, bless her, is so innocent in telling the prime minister about her insecurities. I think that's part of what made it so charming and real. "There are a lot of things that you're not allowed to say now, but I think that in a film that covers so much emotion and so much love, you need a little bit of reality in there – it's not always about ticking all the boxes."

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