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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kevin E G Perry

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman movie in hot water over ‘dangerous’ EpiPen scene

An allergy charity has criticized new film The Roses over a controversial scene in which a husband deliberately feeds his wife food she is allergic to, then withholds her EpiPen until she agrees to sign divorce papers.

The black comedy, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as Theo and Ivy Rose, is a remake of Danny DeVito’s 1989 film The War of the Roses.

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