14 actors who refused to act in explicit scenes out of respect for family, religion or themselves (15 photos)

Each actor must determine for himself his own limits - on what he is ready for the role, and what he will not do even for the opportunity to light up in the next Marvel blockbuster. Celebrities from this list, albeit not always immediately, clear principles have been formed, which they are not willing to give up.





1 Samuel L. Jackson Has Appeared In Over 150 Movies And Managed To Avoid Full Nudity



The actor joked that he would have to use a "understudy for a member." When host Howard Stern asked if it had anything to do with that Samuel didn't think his cock was big enough, he replied, "I don't I'm sure it's impressive enough. My aura is so big, I don't sure my cock is big enough to fill my aura."

2 Megan Fox Turns Down Roles With Scenes She Wouldn't Show Her Kids



“I read some good projects with talented people, talented directors, but what women were supposed to do in these movies, that's something I can't let my sons know or let them see it." She turned down a role in an HBO project where she was to play a prostitute, saying: "These are things that are humiliating for woman playing the character.

3. Penn Badgley asked You creator Sera Gamble to reduce the number of sex scenes in Season 4 out of respect for his marriage.



The actor explained that he would like "sexual desire [his character] went to zero, went from 100 to zero," but was ready compromise with the writers.

In a recent episode of his Podcrushed podcast, he explained: “Fidelity is important to me in any relationship, including my marriage. It got to that I don't want to do it anymore." He also added that due to character of the series, he understood that the complete absence of intimate scenes impossible. “I signed this contract. I signed up for this series. I know what I did. This aspect cannot be removed from the DNA of the concept, so my question to them was: How much can you reduce it? However, the actor received absolutely no objections from the producers. “[Sera] was very pleased with my directness. They are back with a phenomenal reduction [explicit scenes]."

4 Keira Knightley Decided She Wouldn't Act Anymore nude in films by male directors after becoming a mom



She explained, “I don’t have an absolute ban, but in in relation to men, he seems to be. This is partly due to vanity, and partly with a “male look”. She added that she understands that sex sometimes moves the plot, but she would be more comfortable if the scene was filmed someone else, such as an understudy. “Use someone else. Because that I'm too vain, and this body has given birth to two children, and I just don't I want to stand naked in front of a bunch of men.”

5. Neal McDonough refuses to kiss anyone but his wife and does not act in explicit scenes.



Because of this, the actor even lost his role in the series "Scumbags". “It was a terrible situation for me. After that I couldn't find a job, because everyone thought I was a religious fanatic,” Neal said in Closer Weekly interview. — I am very religious. I put God and family on first place and yourself second. This is what I live by. Several years have been hard. Then Graham Yost called me and said, "Hey, I want you to played the bad guy in "Justice." I knew this was my chance to return own title."

6. Rebel Wilson specifically adds a strict no-nudity clause to his contracts when he does comedies.



Rebel told Marie Claire UK that the producers of The Brothers Grimsby wanted her to be completely naked. "We registered in contract, specifically, "No nudity." They invited another girl - a larger burlesque dancer from South Africa as a stand-in for nude scenes. And they made her do all these things. Sasha [Baron Cohen, screenwriter and star of the film] says, "You see, she's good looks." And I’m like, “I won’t do this. I don't care what you are you're talking."

7. Anna Kendrick refuses to do nudes at all. scenes and playused an understudy in the movie "Wedding Fever"



She said in an interview with The Telegraph: "I won't do… I don’t criticize people who do it [shoot naked], but I plan to keep doing what I'm doing and I hope that everything it will work out well."

8. Julia Roberts insists on "softening up" lewd and explicit scenes.



When asked if she would pose nude, she said: "You know, I don't actually do anything like that, so, if you are going to [ask] me to do this, then be prepared soften the scene. You know, since I am a mother of three, my attitude like this."

9. Allison Williams was the only Girls star who didn't appear nude on the show.



She explained that she didn't want her future children to see her. nude on screen, and added: “I wanted to give Marnie almost all myself. But there were things that should have been only mine and always remain so." She even refused to sign the consent to the shooting nude when asked by HBO. She recalls: “I said: "I'm not going to sign it." And my agents are like, "What?" "Just tell them I'm not going to sign it." And they were so dazed and in such a hurry that it seems they just thought: "Fine. She will change her mind. She will immerse herself in the atmosphere of the series. Don't care. Not make her sign."

10. Sarah Jessica Parker does not appear nude in explicit scenes and the only one of the stars of "Sex and the City" did not appear in him naked.



She told the Hollywood Reporter, "I am absolutely not judging those who chooses it. I think it's amazing that people feel comfortable enough to do it. This is not some of mine principled position, religious or ideological”.

11. Mahershala Ali would have turned down a role in Curious Case Benjamin Button "if the director had not changed the explicit scene from his participation.



The actor explained that, being a Muslim, he wanted to change scene because he was "just trying to maintain respect for [his] religion". He added that when his agent announced that he had received the role, he told her, "If there are sex scenes, I won't be able to do it." Fincher made the scene less graphic, and, according to Mahershala, he and his colleague Taraji Henson just "fell out of the frame" after the kiss.

12. Jessica Alba also writes a contract clause about nudity because she doesn't want her family to see her naked on screen.



She told Glamour, "I don't want my grandparents saw my chest. That's all. Christmas would be awkward. And, well, honestly, if you look at the movies i've been in, nudity for nothing would not have made these paintings "more refined."

13. Rachel Bilson doesn't like being naked and almost lost her part in "The Last Kiss" because she refused undress.



She explained to Playboy: "Films can be sexy or sensual without showing certain things. For me it's practically decisive factor. The film gets an R rating and they are happy to insert nudity wherever possible, but I'm pretty strong-willed nature and I believe that this can be avoided.

14. Blake Lively explained that nudity in films distracts her, which is one of the reasons why she has never filmed naked.



She added: “When I see nudity in films, I always it's distracting. I know that if I'm watching a scene and someone has a chest, that's all I'm looking at - I can't help myself. I don't think this will ever be the norm for me."