The New Beatles Doc 'Get Back' Almost Came Without Swear Words

The Beatles’ Get Back three-part docuseries was almost a little different, as Disney wanted to remove the swearing in it.

In a new report, it was revealed that the network had wanted to remove the curse words from the audio in the almost 8-hour documentary.

Click inside to find out who intervened to keep it in…

However, the two surviving members of the band – Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as Olivia Harrison, George‘s widow – spoke up to keep it in.

“Disney wanted to remove all the swearing and Ringo [Starr], Paul [McCartney] and Olivia [Harrison, George’s widow] said: ‘That’s how we spoke. That’s how we talked. That’s how we want the world to see us’,” Peter Jackson, director, shared in an interview with NME.

The Beatles: Get Back showcases the fab four’s creative process as they attempt to write 14 new songs in preparation for their first live concert in over two years.

Faced with a nearly impossible deadline, the strong bonds of friendship shared by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr are put to the test. The docuseries is compiled from nearly 60 hours of unseen footage shot over 21 days, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, and from more than 150 hours of unheard audio, most of which has been locked in a vault for over half a century.

The docuseries is streaming now on Disney+.