Dakota Johnson – 50 Shades of Grey
Everyone knows the sexual and vulgar nature of 50 Shades of Grey, and filming the infamous 50 Shades BDSM scenes was less than enjoyable for Johnson.
She spent hours tied up and pretending to be struck with a whip and said it was “emotionally taxing.” It wasn’t “a sensual or pleasurable environment,” she said. “It was really hot–not in a steamy, sexual way. It’s just sweaty and not very uncomfortable.”
Halle Berry – Monster’s Ball
Berry doesn’t regret the nudity in her Oscar-winning performance, but she has said that she doesn’t think nudity is ever necessary.
“I don’t think nudity is ever necessary. I think you can make every single movie and never show anything and it’s fine. I think it’s a choice you make, and it was a bold choice on my part.”
Jennifer Lawrence – Passengers
While Lawrence doesn’t necessarily regret her first sex scene–which was with Chris Pratt–, she does regret getting drunk beforehand to ease her nerves.
“I got really, really drunk. But then that led to more anxiety when I got home because I was like, ‘What have I done? I don’t know.”
Kate Winslet – Titanic
Winslet went on to have a very successful career and appeared in other sexual scenes beyond Titanic, but the famous actress has said she felt insecure about the scene.
“I wish I hadn’t shown so much flesh but I was young and I knew I had things to prove.”
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds
Parker was part of many promiscuous scenes through Weeds’ 8 seasons, but she admits she felt pressured during a fully nude bathtub scene in Season 4.
“I didn’t think I needed to be naked, and I fought with the director about it, and now I’m bitter. I knew it was going to be on the internet: ‘Mary-Louise Parker shows off her big nipples.’ I wish I hadn’t done that. I was goaded into it.”
Natalie Portman – Hotel Chevalier
Portman has made strong comments about her fully nude scene in Wes Anderson’s short film Hotel Chevalier.
She told MTV News that she doesn’t “really have regrets”, but “It’s more that I don’t like misappropriation of stuff, like when you create something as part of a story and then a piece of it ends up on a porn site. It’s meant to be a dramatic scene and part of a story. That really makes me angry.”
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Clarke has gotten used to the nudity in the notoriously sexual Game of Thrones, but she did hold off until doing a nude scene for the right time and then instantly regretted telling her parents about it.
“My parents said, ‘We’re watching the show, but darling, you’re not doing much this season!’ I said, ‘Well, watch this one. Watch tonight,’ and they were trying to get spoilers out of me and on and on, so I sat them down and said, ‘Let’s watch it!’ and then instantly regretted it…My dad’s like, ‘Again?'”
Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies
Kidman won an Emmy for this performance, but she does admit that she had a hard time getting over some of the show’s more intense sex scenes.
“I couldn’t get up. I didn’t want to get up. And I remember Jean-Marc [director] coming over and putting a towel over me in between the takes because I was just like…I just felt completely humiliated and devastated. And angry inside.”
Sharon Stone – Basic Instinct
So apparently Stone had no idea her famous white dress scene was going down until the movie was up on the big screen.
“When we did it, it was going to be an innuendo and the director said, ‘We’re seeing the white of your underwear, I need you to take them off.’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t want you to see anything and he’s like, ‘No, no you’re not going to.’ When I saw it in the theatre, with a bunch of other people, I was like (in shock). When the film ended I went in the booth and I slapped him (Verhoeven) and I said, ‘You could have showed me this to me by myself’.”
