Some celebrities are totally comfortable baring it all on camera and feel no need to use body
doubles in their more exposed TV and film scenes.
But many who aren't as willing have clauses in their contracts that help them avoid showing
everything to the world.
Here are some actresses who refuse to bare it all.
While Jessica Simpson has posed provocatively
for photos and her Instagram page contains a few near-bare snaps, she has a strict policy
when it comes to her professional work.
Simpson told Allure in their April 2004 issue, "I don't care how dark and intellectual the
role could be, you know?
I don't care if I frickin' get an Oscar for it, I'm not going to do it.
Those accolades mean nothing to me."
In 2010, Anna Kendrick revealed to Mandrake
that she has a strict policy when it comes to her films and would not be willing to take
off her clothes for future roles.
Six years later, she still hadn't changed her mind.
In 2016, Kendrick revealed that she used a double in the film Mike and Dave Need Wedding
Dates.
"There's this scene where like you kinda just see like the half of a butt, and I was still
like, 'I don't wanna show half of my butt so I'll just, you know, get a butt double.'"
While Sarah Jessica Parker's Sex and the City
co-stars appeared to have no problem with racy scenes, Parker herself refused.
She even had a clause in her contract and opened up about it during an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter, saying, "I've always had one, and it's apropos of
absolutely nothing.
Some people have a perks list and they are legendary.
They have to have white candles in their room.
I don't have a crazy list like that.
I've just always had [a no-nudity clause]."
Parker went on to confirm that while fans will never be seeing her completely bare,
she has no issue with other actresses who want to do it, saying,
"I think it's fantastic that people feel comfortable doing it."
Pitch Perfect's Rebel Wilson is another actress
who has a clause in her contract about how much she's willing to show.
She spoke about her policy in an interview with Marie Claire for their July 2016 issue,
mentioning how she refused to give in, despite people in the industry trying to convince
her otherwise.
On her experience filming The Brothers Grimsby, she explained,
"[They] wanted full-frontal nudity.
We write in the contract, specifically, 'No nudity.'
They got in another girl... to be a nude double.
And they got her to do all this stuff."
Wilson also revealed that despite Sacha Baron Cohen insisting that the body double looked
good, she still had no intention of taking off her clothes.
She said, "I'm like, I'm not doing it.
I don't care what you say."
However, she did add that she may be willing to change her mind in the future, if the film
was not a comedy.
"If a movie was maybe Oscar-worthy, yeah.
Would I do it?
Yeah."
With a career that's spanned across more than
three decades, Julia Roberts claims the one thing she won't ever do in a film is bare
it all.
In a 2007 interview with OK! magazine she said,
"To act with my clothes on is a performance.
To act with my clothes off is a documentary."
In the 1990 film Pretty Woman, Roberts showed off a bit of skin, but it was body double
Shelley Michelle who filmed some of the scenes to give the character a more curvy look.
When it comes to her onscreen performances,
Ashley Benson has rules about how much skin she's willing to show.
In 2014, she told Cosmopolitan that it can be hard to negotiate on films, because producers
and directors are always pushing for her to take it off, saying,
"I make it clear that I have a line.
Everyone tries to push you, and it's easy to get talked into doing those things.
I'll just walk off-set…
But not everyone realizes they can do that."
Speaking to Women's Health magazine, Kristen
Bell said that before she appeared on House of Lies in her underwear, she ensured that
she, quote, "kicked her buns and abs sets into high gear" to look her best.
At the same time, she revealed that she's not willing to show more than that, adding,
"But I don't show my crack!
All the Mr. Skins of the world are like, 'Ooh, Kristen gets naked!'
I'm like, 'Dream on!'"
Most people could probably relate to Jessica
Alba's reason for not taking off her clothes in her films: she doesn't want her family
members to see that much of her.
During a 2014 interview with Glamour, Alba said,
"I don't want my grandparents to see my b00bs.
That's it.
It would be weird at Christmas.
And, I mean, really, if you look at the movies I have done, getting naked would never 'elevate'
the picture."
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