# What current actors would be most hurt/helped by doing a nude scene? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620 "2008-05-17T01:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 17, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/21 "2008-05-17T13:41:48Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] She’s older that Mrs. Rhymer. No answer I can give is safe. ::flees:: [/QUOTE] DUUUUUUDE! _holds lighter in the air_ You’re our hero! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/22 "2008-05-17T14:11:07Z")
It’s odd. Not doing a scene leads to the wanting to see’em nude, so why not hold out as long as you can. Isn’t the mystery gone if they do it? But if you do it too late, the appeal will be gone for a lot of people, so you gotta time it right. Like Johannson. I wanna see her nekkid, but why spoil my imagination? Though I think she will at some point. My list I’d like to see: Sarah Polley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jordanna Brewster, Sarah Carter, Allison Mack, Emmanuelle Chriqui. Ok,\* some\* I’d like to see. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/23 "2008-05-17T14:28:04Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Natalie Portman [/QUOTE] Well, she was “nude” in that Hotel Chevalier movie, but not enough for some I guess. She regrets it, I read elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/24 "2008-05-17T16:25:34Z")
A nude scene will boost the profile of just about any starlet, but be careful! Once we’ve seen 'em, you better have the acting chops to carry your career that bit further (see Shannon Elizabeth for a perfect example). Having said that, it certainly wouldnt hurt to see Lily Cole getting more nude-omatic roles. Lily Who? [Lily](http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2006RTW/NRICCI/BACKSTAGE/00220m.jpg) [Cole](http://www.stormmodels.com/images_models/3335/Lily_285.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/25 "2008-05-17T16:37:48Z")
Ray J (Brandy’s brother) did himself a lot of good when he (didn’t) release a fairly hardcore sex tape of him and Kim Kardashian. His career skyrocketed. Actually, in addition to losing a movie role that was in the works, where is he now? ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/26 "2008-05-17T17:06:03Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Allyson Hannigan [/QUOTE] The best part is that this has already been cleared by the [FCC.](http://www.theonion.com/content/video/fcc_okays_nudity_on_tv_if_it_s) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/27 "2008-05-17T17:24:09Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Neither Kathy Bates nor James Gandolfini would do themselves any favors with nude scenes. [/QUOTE] I’m not arguing with you, but you’re speaking in the hypothetical about both of these. Did you miss _About Schmidt_? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/28 "2008-05-17T17:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=flurb] The best part is that this has already been cleared by the [FCC.](http://www.theonion.com/content/video/fcc_okays_nudity_on_tv_if_it_s) [/QUOTE] That’s exactly what I had in mind! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/29 "2008-05-17T17:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I’m not arguing with you, but you’re speaking in the hypothetical about both of these. Did you miss _About Schmidt_? [/QUOTE] Yes, and from what you’re suggesting, it’s probably a good thing I missed it. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/30 "2008-05-17T18:50:41Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Ray J (Brandy’s brother) did himself a lot of good when he (didn’t) release a fairly hardcore sex tape of him and Kim Kardashian. His career skyrocketed. Actually, in addition to losing a movie role that was in the works, where is he now? [/QUOTE] Of course, Kim Kardashian now has her own reality TV show on E! and who knows what else is in the works. Worked pretty well for her. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/31 "2008-05-17T18:59:42Z")
Heads up to Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford: With your recent movies, you’ve done enough to prove you’re not over the hill. Leave it at that. Please. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/32 "2008-05-17T19:03:07Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] I think Lindsay Lohan would be seriously damaged by a nude scene. It would further the perception of her as a slutty skank, it would be seen as a cry for attention from her, and her appearance would be soundly mocked and ridiculed, seeing as how she looks 40 and she’s only 21. [/QUOTE] [She’s gonna do it anyway.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=463351) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/33 "2008-05-17T19:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Of course, Kim Kardashian now has her own reality TV show on E! and who knows what else is in the works. Worked pretty well for her. [/QUOTE] Right you are; forgot to mention that part of it. I was also unable to edit to say, if Ray J’s rap/mainstream acting career doesn’t rebound, this audition tape shows he eminently suited to be a porn star. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/34 "2008-05-17T19:09:26Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Heads up to Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford: With your recent movies, you’ve done enough to prove you’re not over the hill. Leave it at that. Please. [/QUOTE] Stallone’s a barn door cause. He’s already done nude in an off-Broadway play called “Score”, and also in the porn film “The Party at Kitty & Stud’s”. Plus the brief nude scene when he’s thawed out in “Demolition Man”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/35 "2008-05-17T19:10:47Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] 2. Obviously I can’t stop anybody, but anybody who suggests Miley Cyrus should do Playboy is rather skeevy, so if we could keep that level of skeeviness over with Hugh Hefner, that’d be great. [/QUOTE] It cannot be stopped. She must die. For the harvest. [entire Dope community breaks out in nonsensical Latin chant] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/36 "2008-05-17T19:11:56Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Stallone’s a barn door cause. He’s already done nude in an off-Broadway play called “Score”, and also in the porn film “The Party at Kitty & Stud’s”. Plus the brief nude scene when he’s thawed out in “Demolition Man”. [/QUOTE] OK, but we ain’t seen his goods **lately** and I don’t think we wanna. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/37 "2008-05-17T19:15:34Z")
Emma Watson–18 yrs 1 mo. old–is doomed to be pigeonholed as “that Harry Potter chick” unless she takes drastic action. I have that poor girl’s career’s best interests in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/38 "2008-05-17T20:38:20Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Emma Watson–18 yrs 1 mo. old–is doomed to be pigeonholed as “that Harry Potter chick” unless she takes drastic action. I have that poor girl’s career’s best interests in mind. [/QUOTE] Just the other day I found on Usenet some rather interesting getting-out-of-a-limo-in-a-short-skirt photos of her. Though unlike certain other celebrities, she was wearing underwear, albeit rather _sheer_ underwear. She also looked otherwise demure and apparently unaware that her, um, “slip” was showing. Other actresses … frankly, I don’t really get the fascination with seeing famous actresses topless or nude. The majority of mainstream acting is done with clothes on, and so most actresses are cast for reasons other than how they look naked. Most of the ones I’ve seen naked have been fairly disappointing. Heck, I used to subscribe to the Web site of a popular non-nude cheesecake model who, in her non-nude photos is one of the sexiest young women I’ve ever seen. She later let a few nude photos slip out, and they were spectacularly disappointing. The body characteristics that make for “sexy” in clothing don’t necessarily translate to “sexy” nudity. ---
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[QUOTE=Krokodil] Emma Watson–18 yrs 1 mo. old–is doomed to be pigeonholed as “that Harry Potter chick” unless she takes drastic action. I have that poor girl’s career’s best interests in mind. [/QUOTE] It’s so wonderful to see such wonderful concern for Ms Watson evinced here. Truly, the Dope is filled with enlightenment. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620/40 "2008-05-18T02:44:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mister Rik] Just the other day I found on Usenet some rather interesting getting-out-of-a-limo-in-a-short-skirt photos of her. Though unlike certain other celebrities, she was wearing underwear, albeit rather _sheer_ underwear. She also looked otherwise demure and apparently unaware that her, um, “slip” was showing. Other actresses … frankly, I don’t really get the fascination with seeing famous actresses topless or nude. The majority of mainstream acting is done with clothes on, and so most actresses are cast for reasons other than how they look naked. Most of the ones I’ve seen naked have been fairly disappointing. Heck, I used to subscribe to the Web site of a popular non-nude cheesecake model who, in her non-nude photos is one of the sexiest young women I’ve ever seen. She later let a few nude photos slip out, and they were spectacularly disappointing. The body characteristics that make for “sexy” in clothing don’t necessarily translate to “sexy” nudity. [/QUOTE] I’ve always felt that way, too. I’m just fine with seeing famous actresses nude, but it’s not something I’m all that interested in, because I think the models who do nude stuff are much better at it than actresses, because of course you are right – acting talent is important there, not curvaceousness. Of course, my tastes differ radically from Hollywoods as far as body type goes … Danni Ashe is a lot closer to my ideal than Emma Watson or any other skinny young hottie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-actors-would-be-most-hurt-helped-by-doing-a-nude-scene/449620.md?page=3)