# Buffy to get nekkid: Celebrity nudity pool for the next **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024 "2006-07-26T00:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/21 "2006-07-26T07:07:09Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I’ll take the Olsen twins…wouldn’t want to see it, but figure it’s gonna happen. [/QUOTE] Dude, are you kidding? They’re worth hundreds of millions of dollars each. They don’t have to pose nude for money. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/22 "2006-07-26T08:16:27Z")
Kirsten Dunst will bare the goodies in the first film she executive produces (i.e. the first film she has a direct financial stake in beyond the upfront money she regularly gets). Michelle Trachtenberg, before she’s 24. Danielle (“Topanga”) Fishel. In PLAYBOY, next year, to everybody’s collective horror. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/23 "2006-07-26T09:56:33Z")
Just curious. Does baring it all ever actually revive an actress’ career once it’s on the skids? I can’t think of any examples, but I’m not much of a pop culture guru. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/24 "2006-07-26T11:22:29Z")
[QUOTE=Fugazi] Just curious. Does baring it all ever actually revive an actress’ career once it’s on the skids? I can’t think of any examples, but I’m not much of a pop culture guru. [/QUOTE] Revive a career? None that I can think of off-hand. But provide a nice influx of money? Yes. Although one can say it _started_ Pam Anderson and Jenny McCarthy’s careers (not that Jenny has much of one left now, but I’'m sure she still has lots of money.) And there are women who’s careers it certainly didn’t seem to hurt, like Shannon Elizabeth (though not like she’s a mega star, but still doing work,) and Shannon Doherty (she was fired from Charmed a couple years after her shoot, but it was unrealted. She’s just a giant bitch.) And then there’s the women who it didn’t help at all, yet at the same time they were already on their way down, so it might have appeared to hurt them. Like Tia Carrera and Charisma Carpenter (though there’s still time for her to get back into the game.) And then, of course, there’s the “I’m already washed-up, and several hundred thousand or a few million could really help the bank, so sure, here are my titties,” like Debbie Gibson and Julie Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/25 "2006-07-26T11:32:23Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] Isn’t Wynona Ryder way freaking overdue by now? Cartoon boobies in _Scanner Darkly_ don’t count, love. And not that there’s much there to sag, but you better start showing 'em off before it’s too late, petal. She’s been in the skids for a long time. Some full frontal oughtta jolt that career, dontcha think? Soon? [/QUOTE] While full frontal hasn’t happened Winona’s already been there, Mr. Behind-the-Times. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/26 "2006-07-26T11:45:21Z")
I don’t think appearing nude has any effect at all on an actress’s career, positive or negative. Many of Hollywood’s biggest female stars have never done any nudity, but just as many (Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep) have, and barring some strict statistical analysis I’m sure someone will someday do, I don’t see them working less often for any less money. If a formerly famous actress appears naked in a direct-to-video flick, the story isn’t her nudity, it’s that she’s appearing in DTV. Is she any better off if she’s appearing fully clothed on Lifetime TV movies? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/27 "2006-07-26T12:20:01Z")
[QUOTE=Fugazi] Just curious. Does baring it all ever actually revive an actress’ career once it’s on the skids? I can’t think of any examples, but I’m not much of a pop culture guru. [/QUOTE] Usually, actresses pose for _Playboy_ on their way down (Think Dana Plato or Victoria Sellers). A few have used _Playboy_ to turn a stalled career into a thriving one (Kim Basinger, Sharon Stone, Drew Barrymore). Rare, but it happens. A lingerie spread in _Maxim_ is more of a win/win for young actresses, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/28 "2006-07-26T13:30:29Z")
[QUOTE=Dijon Warlock] **Prussian Blue** is a good pick, too. I feel sorry for those girls because of how they’ve been indoctrinated, but hey, a career is a career. One has to make choices if one is to be successful. I don’t advocate their ideology, but they certainly have garnered attention, which is the meat-&-potatoes of show business. [/QUOTE] Am I a bad person that I actually thought their “Smiley Hitler” T-shirts were funny? I still hope for Alysson Hannigan, or the actress who played Harmony from Buffy/Angel. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/29 "2006-07-26T13:33:38Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Usually, actresses pose for _Playboy_ on their way down (Think Dana Plato or Victoria Sellers). A few have used _Playboy_ to turn a stalled career into a thriving one (Kim Basinger, Sharon Stone, Drew Barrymore). Rare, but it happens. A lingerie spread in _Maxim_ is more of a win/win for young actresses, apparently. [/QUOTE] I think the reason actress do nudity who haven’t before is that, while it only sometimes does good, it rarely does any great harm (unless, say, you’re currently working for a PBS kiddie show). The great example would be Jennifer Connolly, who bared her bodacious ta-tas a lot in various films and yet still grabbed an Oscar for her work in “A Beautiful Mind.” She did a nude lesbian dildo scene in “Requiem for A Dream” prior to the Oscar, and that didn’t hurt her career at all. (Granted, it was an anti-drug scene and some say the dildo-in-pussy scene was doubled, but she was definitely kneeling naked on a platform with another woman for some shots). Also, “Embrace of the Vampire” did probably boost Alyssa Milano’s career, getting her back into the public eye after her TV childstar career was fading. I think the laddie mags are also a good route, but it’s not really nudity so it doesn’t have the same impact culturally. I’m pretty sure Gellar has already been to that well, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/30 "2006-07-26T13:52:09Z")
**Courtney Cox** , though she doesn’t need the money. **Jennifer Anniston** , some time after this thing with Vince Vaugh is through ( marriage, divorce and all that jazz.) She’s had a token butt shot, but really her acting skills are a one shot deal and she’s due. I was reading somewhere that **Sophia Loren** will be posing nekkid soon and I thought **Good for her!**. **Lindsey Lohan** who has had some major attention whore problems lately will complete her transformation by doing a Playboy spread to announce she is no longer squeaky clean and ready for big girl stuff. **Paris Hilton** because everyone in the jetset has already seen her equipment, it is time for the rest of the world to get a looksy. She is such a publicity whore it is unbeleiveable. **Jenna Elfman** because her career has really hit the toilet and Xenu will advise her to bare all. **Kathy Griffiths** Because she is so annoying and such a D lister, it is all she has left in her deck of cards to do. **The Fantasy Male Picks** **Ty Pennington** because he is so farking hot. **Hugh Jackman** because he has an awesome body and is so farking hot. **Robert Downey Jr.** He’s done acting. He’s done TV. He’s done massive quantities of drugs and alcohol. He has an autobiography coming out. All he needs to complete himself is a nudie shot. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/31 "2006-07-26T14:11:21Z")
[QUOTE=Fugazi] Just curious. Does baring it all ever actually revive an actress’ career once it’s on the skids? I can’t think of any examples, but I’m not much of a pop culture guru. [/QUOTE] It can get people talking about it, as if it’s some sort of scndal, which means publicity. Also, it can help a childhood actress get rid of the squeaky-clean nice girl image\*. That’s why I didn’t say Lindsay Lohan. She’s already demonstrated that she’s not the little innocent that she used to be. She did it with her personal life, which is probably not the way to go. \*At least that’s how it’s supposed to work. I have no idea if it actually does. ---
**Author:** ![First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/First_Amongst_Daves)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/32 "2006-07-26T14:16:39Z")
Two or more of the Pussycat Dolls. If indeed they have not already. And it won’t be “artistic”. Has Robbie Williams posed nude yet? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/33 "2006-07-26T14:17:28Z")
Jennifer Love Hewitt ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/34 "2006-07-26T14:35:10Z")
[QUOTE=harrylentil] It seems that Natalie Portman is to have full nude scenes in her next role, playing an artist’s model. [/QUOTE] Body double, I reckon. I seem to recall Kirsten Dunst saying she would never do a nude scene unless it was for Pedro Almodovar … ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/35 "2006-07-26T15:01:49Z")
[QUOTE=harrylentil] It seems that Natalie Portman is to have full nude scenes in her next role, playing an artist’s model. [/QUOTE] Hasn’t she already done nude scenes? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/36 "2006-07-26T15:13:23Z")
John Goodman. enjoy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/37 "2006-07-26T15:16:25Z")
[QUOTE=acsenray] Hasn’t she already done nude scenes? [/QUOTE] She filmed a nude scene for [Closer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376541/), but she and/or the director decided not to have her nudity in the movie. I can’t think of any other movies where she did nudity or almost nudity. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/38 "2006-07-26T15:48:08Z")
Even though she did _Harper’s Bazaar_ it looks like [Britney](http://www.nationalenquirer.com/mikewalker/63634) will NOT do _Playboy_ even though husband Kevin already told Hugh Hefner that she would. Oh, and in the sprirt of BMalion… Abe Vigoda ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/39 "2006-07-26T16:11:22Z")
There was a nude scene scripted for Kirsten Dunst’s character in [Crazy/Beautiful](http://imdb.com/title/tt0250224/). It was cut prior to filming because they decided to go for a PG-13 rating. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024/40 "2006-07-26T16:32:34Z")
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] While full frontal hasn’t happened Winona’s already been there, Mr. Behind-the-Times. [/QUOTE] In what movie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024.md?page=3)