Baring all of it. Theo James, Dakota Johnson and extra actors have opened up about their nude scenes — and broke down the expertise of going full frontal.
The England native raised eyebrows together with his efficiency as Cameron throughout season 2 of The White Lotus. The hit HBO collection, which returned for its second run in October 2022, focuses on the visitors and workers at a fictional resort.
In a memorable scene from the sophomore season, Harper (Aubrey Plaza) by accident snuck a peek at Cameron (James) whereas he undressed. At the time, the Divergent actor mentioned the work that went into bringing the NSFW second to life.
“The truth of it was you go into these things and you have a conversation with the director and the producers, and they go, ‘OK, for this, we’re going to use a prosthetic, we’re gonna use something,’” he defined throughout a December 2022 look on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “It’s a pee-pee prosthetic.”
For the Golden Boy star, it was necessary that the prosthetic wouldn’t be too “distracting” for the viewers. “He needs to be [a] regular Joe because the scene’s not about the pee-pee, it’s about power play in sex [and] whether he did it deliberately or whether it was an accident,” he added.
James joked about his response after watching the scene for the primary time, saying, “I mean, it’s bigger than that. It’s like she stole it off a donkey in the field. The thing is ginormous.”
Johnson, for her half, has additionally been candid about enjoying Anastasia within the movie model of E. L. James‘ 50 Shades of Grey trilogy. Amid its launch, the films made headlines for its specific intercourse scenes.
“It’s stressful enough to be tied to a bed naked in a scene,” the actress revealed to Glamour in 2015 about filming the intercourse scenes. “But then they call cut, and you’re still tied to the bed, naked. Jamie [Dornan] would be the first one to throw a blanket over me.”
According to BAFTA nominee, the worst half was the thought of her mother and father, Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, seeing her bare on display. “My mom came up for a day [during filming]. She’s proud of me,” Dakota detailed. “But I don’t want my family to see [the movie], because it’s inappropriate. Or my brothers’ friends, who I grew up with. I think they’d be like, ‘Blegh.’ Also there’s part of me that’s like, I don’t want anyone to see this movie. Just kidding.”
The Social Network star later admitted that she was uninterested in filming racy intercourse scenes for the franchise, telling Interview journal in 2016, “Well, we’re not having actual sex. But I’ve been simulating sex for seven hours straight right now, and I’m over it.”
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