Posters for an Angelina Jolie film is criticised · 2008-09-03 19:34
Two posters for an Angelina Jolie film have been criticised by advertising watchdogs for making guns attractive.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled the Wanted posters were not suitable to be seen by children, BBC reports.
It added that the use of a glamorous actress, gun images and aspirational text "could glamorise violence".
The first poster depicted Jolie holding a gun pointed upwards, with co-star James McAvoy holding a weapon in each hand pointed at the viewer.
In the second, Jolie was draped on a car bonnet and holding a gun and some text read: "Six weeks ago I was just like you… and then I met her… and my world was changed forever."
Both promotional posters are no longer in use.
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