DAKOTA
Dakota Johnson: There’s stripping off and then there’s STRIPPING OFF. Dakota did the latter for the infamous Fifty Shades franchise, which saw her get topless, full frontal and super kinky with co-star Jamie Dornan. Dakota has said she was never tempted to use a body double for the raunchy scenes because it would feel “like a cop out”.
HALLE
Halle Berry: Halle Berry’s topless scene in the 2001 John Travolta movie *Swordfish* caused a sensation. It was originally reported the film’s producers had to increase Halle’s fee in order to get her to strip off, but Halle has denied those rumours. Halle said while she was scared to do a nude scene, the critical acclaim she’d received for her earlier films meant she felt she “didn’t have to prove myself anymore”.
EM RATA
Emily Ratajkowski: OK, so she kind of rose to fame by going topless in the music video for Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’, but Em Rata has only really stripped off on the silver screen in 2014’s Gone Girl, in which she played Ben Affleck’s character’s much-younger mistress. During her sex scene with Ben, Em said, “there was only a few camera guys and David Fincher, the director and Ben which made it a lot easier.” She said Ben: “made me feel comfortable as a friend and that made it all feel good. You don’t really have much time to be overly self-conscious.”
ANNE
Anne Hathaway: The Oscar winner got super nude for the 2010 rom com with Jake Gyllenhaal, Love & Other Drugs. She said of the film’s sex scenes: “We were laughing while we were naked and things jiggle.” She also joked: “I’ve had a chip on my shoulder since The Princess Diaries when my nude scene was cut. So I’ve been trying to make up for lost time ever since then.”
SCARLETT
Scarlett Johansson: When ScarJo stripped off for the 2013 film Under the Skin, she didn’t want to do it in a “sexy” way. She got nude playing a female alien and said: “She was a totally different species, so her nudity was kind of practical. I also had black hair. That was my idea – I didn’t think I should be a blonde sort of bombshell. Naked, but not too sexy.”
OLIVIA
Olivia Wilde: Everyone’s dream girl went FULL FRONTAL for the HBO series, Vinyl. “That is the gift HBO provides to young people who can stay up late enough to see boobs,” she joked. She’s also admitted she wore a pubic wig to make her bush look full 70s. That’s commitment.
MARGOT
Margot Robbie: Most actresses wait a few years before getting naked in Hollywood, but Margot broke onto the scene by starring in The Wolf of Wall Street, in which she had multiple sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio. Just casually. “I’d done scenes where it’s leading into sex or sex has just finished, but I hadn’t done a start-to-finish sex scene like I did in Wolf. That was my first,” she said. And what a way to kick things off.
ALICIA
Alicia Vikander: The Swedish bombshell got her kit off while playing a sexy robot in 2014’s Ex Machina, but it was probably more creepy than sultry (if you’ve seen the film, you’ll know this is a credit to Alicia’s acting skills and not a diss).
ALEXANDRA
Alexandra Daddario: The Baywatch star is clearly used to wearing skimpy swimsuits, but her role in the HBO series True Detective saw her get very topless in a steamy scene with Woody Harrelson. “I tried not to think about it too much before shooting the more intimate scenes and just sort of did it,” she said.
I never really think about what it must be like to decide to go topless or nude for your art.. I just like staying covered up at all costs!