For the especially cynical among us, there’s some added amusement here. Apparently Ms. Russo is an extremely devout Christian, and in publicity interviews for the movie, she described at length how she had engaged in a lot of soul-searching and prayer about whether or not it was the right thing for her to do at that time. Based on the movie, we know what her decision (discovery?) was.
So now I have an image of Rene on her knees, looking up to the sky, asking, “What would Jesus do?” And God responding with, “If Jesus had titties, he would shake them like a Polaroid picture. That’s what Jesus would do. Go forth and jiggle in peace, my child.”
So, apparently no actor or actress should ever commit the offense of being over 40 – at least if they’re going to do a nude scene. Okay. (Granted, both Kirk Douglas and Michael have completely flat asses.)
Does anybody remember a movie called Tarzan, the Ape Man? It ostensibly starred Miles O’Keefe as an oddly mute Tarzan, but it was really a John Derek vehicle for his wife, Bo. She’s naked through about half the movie, which is nice eye candy, but she seems so spacey that you have to wonder what kind of drugs John was giving her. You may burst out laughing at the line, “They’re washing me just like a horse!” Richard Harris, of all people, plays her father.
This has been covered before on the SDMB, but here goes. First, there’s no such thing as “plate-mail”. There’s mail, and there’s plate. Uther (disguised as the Duke of Cornwall) is wearing a rather fancifal version of full plate armor. In order to impregnate Igrayne (played by the director’s 17-year-old daughter), he need only lift up his tassets, untie his brayette from either his arming cote or his trews, untie his trews and either pull them down or just tear them asunder, and away we go. Personally, I would have unbuckled and removed the tassets altogether to avoid bruising the girl’s tender underaged skin, but if I recall, they were left in place.
In short, it’s possible, but I don’t recommend it.