DUUUUUUDE! holds lighter in the air You’re our hero!
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. 
Well, she was “nude” in that Hotel Chevalier movie, but not enough for some I guess. She regrets it, I read elsewhere.
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?
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?
The best part is that this has already been cleared by the FCC.
I’m not arguing with you, but you’re speaking in the hypothetical about both of these. Did you miss About Schmidt?
That’s exactly what I had in mind!
Yes, and from what you’re suggesting, it’s probably a good thing I missed it.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
It cannot be stopped. She must die. For the harvest. [entire Dope community breaks out in nonsensical Latin chant]
OK, but we ain’t seen his goods lately and I don’t think we wanna.
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.
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.
It’s so wonderful to see such wonderful concern for Ms Watson evinced here. Truly, the Dope is filled with enlightenment.
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.