# No More Nude Scenes for Helen Mirren **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267 "2015-10-02T15:26:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/1 "2015-10-02T15:26:32Z")
> **[Helen Mirren says she won't do any more nude, topless scenes | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/entertainment/helen-mirren-no-more-nude-topless-scenes-feat/)** > > Helen Mirren says she's retiring her breasts, at least when it comes to on-screen work. I can finally go back to the movies. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/2 "2015-10-02T15:49:36Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > [http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/entertainment/helen-mirren-no-more-nude-topless-scenes-feat/](http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/entertainment/helen-mirren-no-more-nude-topless-scenes-feat/) > > I can finally go back to the movies. I’m sorry; were Helen’s “pleasure pillows” (oh Helen, no) somehow deterring your movie going exploits? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/3 "2015-10-02T15:53:23Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I’m sorry; were Helen’s “pleasure pillows” (oh Helen, no) somehow deterring your movie going exploits? :dubious: What is she? 100? I could be blinded. Not to pick only on the girls but I wish the 4 oldtimers from Space Cowboys would also take a similar pladge. (Im lookin at you Eastwood, Jones, Sutherland and Garner). If your skin looks like it needs ironing keep your clothes on please. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/4 "2015-10-02T16:04:48Z")
You don’t have to worry about Garner. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/5 "2015-10-02T16:08:51Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > You don’t have to worry about Garner. You know how people say ‘over my dead body’? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/6 "2015-10-02T16:10:24Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > What is she? 100? I could be blinded. > > Not to pick only on the girls but I wish the 4 oldtimers from Space Cowboys would also take a similar pladge. (Im lookin at you Eastwood, Jones, Sutherland and Garner). If your skin looks like it needs ironing keep your clothes on please. I agree, any scene with Sutherland naked should include Julie Christie. > **[Don't Look Now (1973) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Horror, Mystery](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_137)** > > 1h 50m | R ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/7 "2015-10-02T16:12:55Z")
> [@Gothic](#): > > I agree, any scene with Sutherland naked should include Julie Christie. > > [Don't Look Now (1973) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_137) Absolutely agree. And an excellent horror film too. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/8 "2015-10-02T16:16:54Z")
Helen Mirren is still completely sexy as all hell. but… when was the last time she showed her breasts in a movie? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/9 "2015-10-02T16:33:00Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Helen Mirren is still completely sexy as all hell. > > but… when was the last time she showed her breasts in a movie? Love Ranch I believe from 2010 > **[Love Ranch (2010) ⭐ 5.6 | Biography, Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125929/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)** > > 1h 57m | R ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/10 "2015-10-02T16:40:25Z")
The linked article says there’s a movie out/coming out that has her topless. Otherwise, it was a 2010 magazine shoot and 2003 Calendar Girls. Though I know Calendar Girls because my wife loves it, and there’s no actual nudity (i.e. you don’t see anything a bikini would cover) if I remember right. But on more of a tangent… it really pisses me off when people talk about nudity of old people as something that’s so disgusting or abhorrent. OK, fine, they haven’t been classic pinup material for thirty years, but surely we can all grow up a little and appreciate the human body at any age. To suggest that anyone’s body could blind you is just unacceptable. I’m sure your poor delicate sensibilities can handle it. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/11 "2015-10-02T17:21:13Z")
So our long international nightmare is finally over, hm? ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/12 "2015-10-02T17:24:11Z")
I wish Kevin Bacon would make the same pledge, and after seeing his topless scene in The Gambler add John Goodman to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/13 "2015-10-02T17:33:03Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > The linked article says there’s a movie out/coming out that has her topless. Otherwise, it was a 2010 magazine shoot and 2003 Calendar Girls. Though I know Calendar Girls because my wife loves it, and there’s no actual nudity (i.e. you don’t see anything a bikini would cover) if I remember right. I think you’re wrong on both counts there. AFAICT the article says no such thing and IIRC in _Calendar Girls_ there were brief flashes as they were getting into position that showed Mirren, (and possibly others). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/14 "2015-10-02T17:44:44Z")
I could have sworn she once said that she took any chance possible in a film to get her clothes off. Oh well. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/15 "2015-10-02T21:08:59Z")
Sad news. [The Queen](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436697/?ref_=nv_sr_1) would have been less of a movie without Dame Helen’s “Queen” smothering Michael Sheen’s “Tony Blair” with her outsized funbags towards the end. His “motorboat” noises are what got Dame Helen that Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/16 "2015-10-02T21:37:13Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Sad news. [The Queen](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436697/?ref_=nv_sr_1) would have been less of a movie without Dame Helen’s “Queen” smothering Michael Sheen’s “Tony Blair” with her outsized funbags towards the end. His “motorboat” noises are what got Dame Helen that Oscar. Here I thought it was the scene where her corgis were licking whipped cream off of her nipples. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/17 "2015-10-05T04:22:32Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > What is she? 100? I could be blinded. Stay classy, bro. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/18 "2015-10-05T04:36:40Z")
You might have misunderstood the wild exaggerations and the over the top tone of this thread :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/19 "2015-10-05T11:26:18Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > The linked article says there’s a movie out/coming out that has her topless. Otherwise, it was a 2010 magazine shoot and 2003 Calendar Girls. Though I know Calendar Girls because my wife loves it, and there’s no actual nudity (i.e. you don’t see anything a bikini would cover) if I remember right. > > But on more of a tangent… it really pisses me off when people talk about nudity of old people as something that’s so disgusting or abhorrent. OK, fine, they haven’t been classic pinup material for thirty years, but surely we can all grow up a little and appreciate the human body at any age. To suggest that anyone’s body could blind you is just unacceptable. I’m sure your poor delicate sensibilities can handle it. I think that you are being highly neurotic. I saw a pic of Dame Helen’s tits, with her naked in a bathtub. Very scary episode. To be sure, in a bikini she looks pretty hot, for an old broad. In that tub, though, I have to concur…I think my vision jumped immediately from 20/50 to something like 20/400. IANAD. One’s physical attractiveness can take quite a violent hit at any age. At 60 plus, if she wants to go showing her tits, she’d do well to get a few nips (I slay me) and tucks. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267/20 "2015-10-05T11:49:39Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I could have sworn she once said that she took any chance possible in a film to get her clothes off. Oh well. I thought that was Kate Winslet. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-nude-scenes-for-helen-mirren/733267.md?page=2)