Have you ever wondered if there are celebrities who regret being seen naked in a film or TV show?
Believe it or not, there are plenty out there. Some feel as though they were pressured to take
their clothes off in the first place, and if they had been more famous and powerful at the time,
they would have been able to stand up to the powers that be and kept their
clothes on. Others made the decision at the time and felt it was the right thing to do,
but now look back and feel like it was the wrong decision. Join Facts Verse as we reveal
some prominent celebrities who regret taking their clothes off for the camera!
Natalie Portman Natalie Portman is not known for
being an actress who generally takes her clothes off in her movies. While she doesn’t mind playing
provocative characters, she prefers roles that are more suggestive than overt in terms of sexuality
and nudity. Natalie has shined in roles like her turns in Black Swan and Closer, both of which were
sexually charged films with very adult themes. And even though Portman has had love scenes in many
movies, they were always with clothes on. Or the editors made sure none of her body was revealed on
screen. (And there was technically a shot of ‘her’ butt in the film Your Highness, but a butt double
was utilized. So that doesn’t really count.) That was until the short film, Hotel Chevalier. In it,
Portman decided for the first time that she would be okay with some nudity. She disrobed during a
love scene with Jason Schwartzman. But now Portman admits to being regretful about that decision.
She claims she should never have shown that much skin, and ever since then, she hasn’t.
According to Portman, she’s sorry that she didn’t trust her intuition. She decided she’d go with
her gut for all future roles, adding “Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is say no."
Emily Blunt Emily Blunt has no plans
to do onscreen nudity, courtesy of a lesson she learned from baring her skin in the film
My Summer of Love. In the 2004 film, Blunt showed up naked in a couple of scenes,
a decision she would do differently if she had the chance. She claims it’s not a moral stance
however. In an interview in 2016 with The Telegraph, Blunt said that it’s more about
the fact that she’s done it before, and doesn’t see any value in doing it again.
She also told the publication that nudity for the sake of nudity is a pointless thing.
But it’s not just nudity on screen that is a turn-off for Emily Blunt. She also
says that playing racist characters or violent characters would be equally troubling for her!
Kate Winslet This one might strike you as odd,
considering Kate Winslet has done nudity in a number of movies. She has always seemed
incredibly confident in both her acting and her body. And that confidence is part of what makes
her acting so incredible to watch. But there’s one VERY famous nude appearance that Winslet regrets.
That would be in 1997’s Titanic. Winslet strips for the camera to allow Leonardo DiCaprio’s
character to draw her. Winslet has said that her regret in doing this scene isn’t about nudity on
film in general. But more about the motive behind saying yes to it in this particular movie. Kate
says at this point in her career she was still young and relatively unknown. So she agreed to do
the nude scene because she was willing to do what it took to become a famous and successful actress.
She now doesn’t like thinking of herself in that light, so she regrets this one bit of nudity.
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Taylor Lautner This buff actor made a name for himself
in the Twilight movies and gained legions of fans by showing off his impressive pectorals and
abs. But Lautner has come to regret this part of his role in that series. He knows that a certain
percentage of his fans are into him strictly for his body. And he has said he regrets being thought
of as a piece of meat. Taylor confirms that he did indeed work incredibly hard to get his body
into the shape it was for the films. And he knows it helped him get the role. But he would rather
have been adored for his acting first, rather than primarily his buff body. He says that if he could
choose he’s avoiding taking off his shirt in a movie again. And while he knows that’s probably
not going to happen, he doesn’t plan to ever ask to take his clothes off in any upcoming roles.
Helen Mirren This legendary actress has been a star for many
decades, and in her earlier years, was somewhat known for being willing to go nude on screen.
So you might assume this was no big deal for Helen. But in recent years, she has admitted to
being regretful about baring her skin in her early career. In a 2006 interview, she revealed that she
was never actually comfortable being naked. And in fact, she hates all the nude scenes she’s done.
According to Mirren, she was so worried that she would seem uptight when she was a younger
actress that she basically said yes to everything, including nude scenes. She regrets that because
of that, she has a lifelong reputation for being okay with nudity in her films.
Jamie Dornan You probably know Jamie
Dornan for his role as Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie series. But despite
playing a very sexually adventurous character on screen, Dornan is a bit more shy when it comes to
revealing his body. In 2018 he told The Sun that he never feels sexy. And if he’s naked in any way,
he feels even less sexy. Of course, that made filming naked scenes for Fifty Shades of Grey
quite a bit awkward for him. He also told Elle in 2018 that he specifically requested
not to have any full-frontal nudity for the third film. He felt that full nudity by either
of the main characters wasn’t necessary to tell the story the way it needed to be told.
Sharon Stone Legendary actress
Sharon Stone has one of the most memorable and famous nude scenes in film history. Of course,
we’re talking about the notorious interrogation scene in Basic Instinct. Sharon’s character is
being questioned by police and sits with her legs crossed. But at one point she uncrosses them,
giving the policemen (and the audience) a glimpse of her naked bottom half.
Stone has said that the scene was originally going to be about hinting at the nudity,
and she was originally wearing underwear. But apparently, the director told her the camera
was catching the white of her underwear. He asked if she’d take them off, and assured her that her
naked body wouldn’t be on camera. Stone says that when she finally saw the film in the theater,
she was as shocked as everyone else watching. She was reportedly so mad at the final cut that she
ran to the projection booth and slapped the director of the movie in the face!
Emilia Clarke Emilia Clarke is best known as Daenerys Targaryen,
a.k.a. the “Mother of Dragons” on the HBO epic, Game of Thrones. In the early seasons of the show,
Clarke’s naked body was shown quite frequently. But in a series of interviews later on,
Clarke revealed that she hated shooting all the scenes with nudity. Like so many young actors
and actresses, she felt pressured to show her body by the producers and studio of the show.
What’s worse, once she had appeared naked on the show, the powers that be pressured her to do more,
convincing her that since she had already done it before, it wouldn’t be that big
of a deal to be naked again. Clarke even put her foot down at one point, telling
the producers she refused to do more nudity. But apparently, they wouldn’t give in to her wishes,
and this left Clarke dealing with serious bouts of depression and insecurity. She also says it
was horrible watching the show with her parents, who were not comfortable with her nudity either!
Mary-Louise Parker Parker is perhaps best
known for playing Nancy Botwin on the 8 seasons of the Showtime comedy, Weeds.
And there were many times when she bared her skin on screen for it. And for most of those times,
she feels fine about it now. But there is one scene in particular that rubs her the wrong way.
She regrets an episode in season 4 where she appears fully nude in a bathtub. IN an
interview with More Magazine, she revealed that she had fought with the director about the scene,
because at the time she felt she didn’t need to be naked for the scene to work.
But she lost that battle. She says she knew that the internet would be full of headlines like,
“Mary-Louise Parker shows off her big nipples.” And so she regrets not being able to convince
the director to change the way that scene was shot, feeling she was basically goaded into it.
So there you have it. A handful of great actors and actresses who, for one reason or another,
regret their decision to take off their clothes on screen. Which one of these examples was most
surprising to hear about? Can you think of any we missed? Let us know in the comments section
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