As an actor, one of the most divisive parts of the job is taking your kit off on camera.
While it has long been common practice to use body doubles for intimate scenes, an increasing number of actors are ditching their decency and filming their own steamy scenes.
Whether nudity is required for a raunchy romp or a vulnerable moment sitting around in the nude, the bold moments are often the most memorable scenes of their career.
Barry Keoghan’s stark naked dance to ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ in the 2023 movie Saltburn is probably still etched into the minds of anyone who watched it.
Keoghan pranced around a huge house stark naked in the closing scene of Saltburn. Credit: MGM
Some stars strip down to bring sex scenes to life while others choose to get their bits out to open conversations about body positivity and reclaim their bodies after years of being objectified.
In ‘The Substance’, Demi Moore did not spare a scrap of skin, stripping down in several scenes, and even had a full frontal moment as her character stares at herself, struggling to accept her aging body.
Here is a list of celebrities who aren’t afraid to give every part of themselves to their job.
Actors who have no shame showing all:
- Michael Fassbender in Shame
- Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant and The Piano
- Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting, Young Adam, and others
- Jason Segel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Ben Affleck in Gone Girl
- Richard Gere in American Gigolo
- Alexander Skarsgård in multiple projects, including True Blood
- Barry Keoghan confirmed the nude dance scene in Saltburn was all him
- Paul Mescal has appeared nude in several productions without prosthetics
- Cillian Murphy appeared nude in films, including 28 Days Later
- Jude Law in several films, including Gattaca
- Kevin Bacon has discussed doing nude scenes without doubles
- Chris Pine briefly appeared fully nude in Outlaw King
Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore both stripped down in The Substance. Credit: Cindy Ord / Getty
Actresses who are not afraid to kick their kit off:
- Margaret Qualley in Sanctuary and Maid
- Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria and The Voyeurs
- Florence Pugh in Oppenheimer and Lady Macbeth
- Kate Winslet in films including The Reader and Titanic
- Eva Green in The Dreamers
- Emilia Clarke in early seasons of Game of Thrones
- Ana de Armas in Blonde and other films
- Halle Berry in Swordfish and Monster's Ball
- Charlize Theron in several films including Monster
- Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
- Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct
- Léa Seydoux in multiple films including Blue Is the Warmest Color
- Monica Bellucci in films including Malèna and Irreversible
- Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut and Big Little Lies
- Jennifer Lawrence confirmed the beach fight scene in No Hard Feelings was filmed nude without a body double
- Mia Goth in several horror projects
- Nathalie Emmanuel discussed doing nude scenes herself in Game of Thrones before later setting boundaries
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