Mrs. Doubtfire may have been a naughty nanny.
Fans of the 1993 film starring Robin Williams are demanding to see the cheeky NC-17 version of the film after a a viral tweet suggests it exists. The Twitter account Film Facts claimed that the late actor “improvised so much” while filming the Chris Columbus-directed film that “there were PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 cuts of the film.”
Now, Twitter users are asking them to get their hands on this risky cut.
“The public deserves to see Mrs. NC-17 Doubtfire,” wrote a fan. “NC 17 Miss. Doubtfire is what the world needs after more than a year of Covid,” chimed in another.
Some users even joked waiving his $ 1,400 stimulus checks to have a chance to see this iconic edition of the film, which ended with a PG-13 rating.
The existence of R and NC-17 classified versions of “Mrs. Doubtfire ”was born from a 2015 Yahoo Entertainment interview with Columbus, who praised the“ Mork & Mindy ”star for her incredible acting and improvisation skills.
Williams was “definitely the best actor I’ve worked with,” said the director, who is also known as “Home Alone.”
He explained that in order to better facilitate Williams ’gift for improvisation, several cameras were placed at all angles -“ like filming a documentary ”- to better capture the comic actor’s facial expressions.
“For example, in the dinner scene at the end of the film, the other actors had no idea what he was going to say,” Columbus said. “And he got his expressions and reactions the first time they heard him say something like that.”
With Williams ’ability to spit out jokes quickly, Columbus ended up with four different versions of‘ Mrs. Doubtfire ‘on the editing floor. “Literally a PG version of the film, PG-13, R and NC-17,” he revealed.
Mara Wilson, who played Williams’ daughter in the film, also confirmed that there could be an R-rated edition somewhere, as the star liked to push the limits and test the limits.
“I do not know about NC-17, but with some things [Robin] said, I’m sure there was probably an R cut somewhere, ”the actress, now 33, told Logo’s“ Cocktails & Classics ”in 2016.
Fans will still get another version of the character one way or another, because the story has been adapted into a musical, even though its Broadway premiere is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.