Meanwhile, those who have not expressed a particular love for removing their clothes in public said they were willing to bare it all because it felt natural for their character’s story.
Read on to discover which20 actors and actresseswentfull-frontalon screen.
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Chris addressed the public reaction from viewers who saw his privates in Netflix’sOutlaw King, where he plays 14th-century Scottish king Robert the Bruce.He criticized the societal double standard regarding male and female bodies,saying, “Nobody would talk about it if it were a woman.“Why? Because women are expected to do it and men aren’t? Why aren’t men expected to do it? Why haven’t men done it before? Does it show vulnerability? Does it exhibit this vestigial, puritanical shame over the human body and human intimacy?“Chris concluded: “I don’t really give a s**t, quite honestly. I’m kind of embarrassed it actually has to be a thing to talk about.”
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The Oscar nominee wentau naturelfor a scene in the 2021 thrillerNightmare Alley.In the Guillermo del Toro film, Bradley stars as Stan Carlisle, a carnival worker turned conman mentalist.“Because the content of what the movie is, what we were exploring, in order to do it in a real way, it demanded that we’d be nked emotionally and soulfully,” he toldThe Business.His scene saw the 50-year-old actor bare his body during an intimate encounter in a bathtub with Toni Collette’s character, Zeena.“I can still remember that day just [being] nked in front of the crew for six hours, and it was Toni Collette’s first day,” he continued. “It was just like, ‘Whoa.’ It was pretty heavy.”
Angelina appeared topless in the romantic dramaBy the Sea,which she wrote and directed. The film premiered two years after she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy.TheHollywood iconrevealed that she felt tempted to cut some scenes from the film after deciding to star in it, including her bathtub scene.“But I told myself, put all of that aside. Like, you can’t change or cut this scene because you’ve had a mastectomy, or because we’re married and people are going to analyze this or that,” shesaid in 2015. “That would be cheating.”
InSaltburn, Barry’s character, Oliver, lets it all hang out during a three-minutecelebratory dance sequencearound his classmate’s estate.“It’s so relatable, though, right? Let’s be honest. Dancing around in your own space and being silly, knowing that nobody’s watching, and moving your body in any sort of ways it wants to go. We’re at our truest and rawest point when we’re n*ked," the Irish actor toldVogue.“When we’re alone, that facade drops. We get to see a glimpse of Oliver at his truest point. It’s a bit of a power thing as well. Then I’m like, ‘Oh, s**t, what happens after that?’ It’s just downwards.”
Jennifer chose a comedy,No Hard Feelings, to go full-frontal in front of the camera for the first time in her career.Her loved ones couldn’t believe her decision. “Everyone in my life and my team is doing the right thing and going, ‘Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure?’ I didn’t even have a second thought,“she shared. “It was hilarious to me.“We became so close instantly that nothing ever felt weird or unsafe. It was entirely professional,”Jennifersaid of her relationship with her co-star, Andrew Barth Feldman.
“It never really was an issue,”theHarry Potteractor saidof his experience of performing in his birthday suit in the Broadway playEquus.“I don’t know why, it probably should have been. I am terribly self-conscious.“Although I remember I did look at my dad once and say, ‘Do you think I could wear pants?’”
Jason said he “was not very uncomfortable” filming his full-frontal scene inForgetting Sarah Marshall.In fact, the TheHow I Met Your Motheractor toldVulturehe found the scene “hilarious” and admitted that he felt “really free.”“You have to put it in the context that this was 2006, 2007, and this hadn’t been done before, in my recollection, where the main guy was going to be n*ked in the first five minutes of the movie,” he recalled.“There was a creative idea behind it, it wasn’t just for shock value. I wanted it to be the most humiliating breakup of all time.”
Michael bared it all in a scene in Steve McQueen’s dramaShame.Since it was filmed in a short period of time, he didn’t have time to worry about exposing his privates to the world.“We moved very fast. We shot it in 25 days, so I kind of had to get over it and get on with it,” theGerman-Irish actor shared.
Sydney, who filmed multiple topless scenes in the HBO showEuphoria, believes there’s a stigma against actresses who appear undressed in front of the camera.Whilethe stardoesn’t regret her performance, she laments that viewers focus on her body rather than her acting skills.“When a guy has a sex scene or shows his body, he still wins awards and gets praise. But the moment a girl does it, it’s completely different.”She added: “I’m very proud of my work inEuphoria. I thought it was a great performance. But no one talks about it because I got n*ked.”
TheRomanian actorstripped down for his role in the romance drama filmMondayalongside Denise Gough.“If it was truthful and made sense, then OK. Obviously trust was a big thing here,” Sebastian said of his revealing scenes in a 2021 interview withThe Wrap.“I knew we were trying to tell such an honest depiction of a relationship that we were going to be open to whatever that meant, as long as it remained truthful and made sense.”
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Jesse wore nothing but his confidence on the Broadway stage when she portrayed Darren Lemming in the revival ofTake Me Out.“It’s a body, once you see it, you realize it’s whatever, it’s a body!” the Tony-nominated artist said onWatch What Happens Live With Andy Cohenahead of his stage debut in 2022.“I’ve learned in my minutes of theater, don’t try to read into it because it just creates more insecurity. I’m told it’s quite insane. It’s the first [time], so I’ve got nothing to compare it to and I won’t be scared of anything after this.”
Ewan, who plays Aemond Targaryen onHouse of the Dragon, told director Geeta Vasant Patel that he felt comfortable stripping down because it reflected his character’s personality.“I said to him, ‘Let’s just go through the story. If you don’t feel comfortable being nde, then you’re not going to be nde,’” Geesa shared withVariety.“We were both on the same page in that way. We started walking through, and he walked me through his character. He told me, ‘That’s what [Aemond] would do.'”
Alex went all natural for the Disney+ showRivals, an adaptation of the Jilly Cooper novel of the same name, in which he plays British nobleman Rupert Campbell-Black.“It was discussed how comfortable I was,” the actor toldMetroabout the scene—a breezy game of tennis against Emily Attack’s character.“Whether or not it would be me or prosthetics or digital. In the end, we just went for it. My hair’s dyed, I’ve got a fake tan and my eyelashes are curled, but apart from that, it’s all me.”
In the 2023 rom-comSomebody I Used to Know, Alison’s character, Ally, streaks through a golf course.Alison co-wrote the film with her husband, Dave Franco.Speaking withPeople, she revealed that the scene was based on her own love of streaking. “I certainly had a penchant for it in my college years. I find it to be quite hilarious.“It’s so fun. It really makes me laugh. I always think it makes other people laugh. It’s just one of my favorite things."
James, who was in the buff inTheLast King of Scotland, revealed that he actually enjoys stripping down for his work, more so in the theater than in a film studio.“I like to get nked. I like being nked, I like being nked on stage, more than I like being nked on film,” theScottish actor shared. “Nked on film is not that fun, but nked on stage is really quite freeing.“On stage there’s nowhere to hide, you’re completely vulnerable. When you’re completely vulnerable, it can’t get any worse, can it?"
The Golden Globe winner agreed to appear topless inMonster’s Ballbecause her co-star, Billy Bob Thornton, was also goingau naturel.The 2001 romantic drama film is notable for a highly explicit scene where Halle and Billy’s characters make love for the first time.“We both agreed to be uninhibited with our bodies, so it wasn’t just the woman who was being exposed, and we just said, ‘Let’s service these characters,’”Halle explained.“It was four days before the end of shooting, so we knew who these people were, and we just went for it.”
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