These actors kept their clothes ON. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for those actors - male and female - who just say no when it comes to getting naked for a role.
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00:00You know what, I'm just, uh, I'm gonna walk.
00:02Uh, good luck with your car.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo!
00:06And today we're counting down our picks for those actors, male and female, who just
00:12say no when it comes to getting naked for a role.
00:15Oh my god, what, why are we doing this?
00:21Number 20.
00:22Allison Williams.
00:23I feel like I should tell you that I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna kiss you.
00:28You might remember that there was quite a bit of nudity on the HBO series Girls.
00:33But you might also remember that none of that nudity was of Allison Williams.
00:38Williams was relatively unknown when she landed the role of Marnie Michaels on the show.
00:43Hello?
00:44Yes, hi, I'm trying to reach Marnie Michaels, please.
00:46This is she, may I ask who's calling?
00:48However, when HBO presented her with a nudity waiver, she didn't hesitate in telling her
00:52agents that she wouldn't sign it.
00:55Growing up the child of a famous parent, news anchor Brian Williams, she knew how what parents
01:00do can come back on their kids.
01:02Today NBC announced Allison Williams will play the role of Peter Pan.
01:06The actress and singer is currently in the cast of Girls on HBO.
01:10I didn't want people showing up to school with old Google images of their naked mom.
01:15Number 19.
01:16Mandy Moore.
01:17I had to put the lingerie on top of my clothes.
01:19I see that.
01:20It wasn't a great moment for me.
01:25Imagine strolling down the street and knowing the people walking past you had seen you naked.
01:30If the thought makes you uncomfortable, then you have something in common with Mandy Moore.
01:35The This Is Us actress has reiterated her refusal to do nudity for decades now, talking about
01:40how her body is for her personal life, not for public consumption.
01:44Are you serious?
01:45Yes.
01:46You're actually following that rule?
01:48Yeah.
01:49While that stance has caused her to turn down and lose out on some roles over the years,
01:53we think her career has done just fine without the on-screen nudity.
01:56Number 18.
01:58Ricky Gervais.
01:59Not that he was in the running for Channing Tatum's role in Magic Mike, but Ricky Gervais
02:04has gone on record saying he will never get naked on film.
02:08Feel like that?
02:12Not quite.
02:13He has stripped down to his boxer shorts, but for fans hoping to see more, that ain't
02:17gonna happen.
02:18Although he has said in interviews that should a scene require full nudity, he would consider
02:23having a body double replace him in said moments.
02:26I said something that wasn't.
02:30Huh?
02:31I said something that wasn't.
02:34I...
02:35What's the word for it?
02:38Um...
02:39There is no word for it.
02:40Not that he thinks that folks are clamoring for a Gervais nude scene.
02:43As he told The Sun years ago, I don't want to see this body.
02:47Nobody does.
02:48Well I'm sure they want to know a lot of things, but I don't want my intimate details
02:51auctioned off to the highest bidder.
02:53Willy nilly.
02:5417.
02:55Rebel Wilson.
02:56You sat and looked at me alive, didn't you?
02:58Is that my darling nubbin?
03:00I'm back.
03:01I missed you so much.
03:03Yes, Rebel Wilson was in the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby, and yes her character gets
03:08naked in the movie.
03:10But no, that wasn't her.
03:12Wilson, as she always does, had a no nudity clause in her contract, and so that naked
03:17body you saw in the film was, as Wilson told Marie Claire, a larger burlesque dancer from
03:23South Africa.
03:30That being said, Wilson did leave the door open to nudity in the future, saying that
03:34it is something she would consider doing for a more serious film.
03:4316.
03:45Isla Fisher While her ex, Sacha Baron Cohen, seems to
03:50love showing off as much of his body as possible, Isla Fisher is a little more discerning when
03:56it comes to taking her clothes off for a movie.
03:58This is why she opted for a body double for the more exposed moments in Wedding Crashers.
04:08She hasn't shied away from lingerie, but full exposure is probably not something you'll
04:13see from Fisher, especially in a comedy.
04:16Fisher once said, I feel like if you have a female comic character, and then you see
04:20her nipples, then she is no longer funny.
04:23She also said that she understood that was wrong, but it was how she felt, at least at
04:27the time.
04:3115.
04:33Kristen Bell Kristen Bell might have sung Love is an Open
04:45Door in Disney's 2013 blockbuster hit Frozen, but when it comes to getting naked on camera,
04:51that door appears to be closed tight.
04:54She did strip down to her underwear in House of Lies, and did extra hard buns and ab workouts
04:59in preparation for it.
05:00However, that's as far as Bell is willing to go.
05:10She seems pretty steadfast on that, basically telling anyone who thinks they'll get to see
05:13her naked on screen to dream on.
05:2014.
05:22Chris Pratt Chris Pratt likes being naked, and as a kid
05:25was prone to dropping trow at any time.
05:32He was known to use nudity in some hilarious pranks on his fellow Parks and Recreation
05:37castmates.
05:38But that doesn't mean you're going to see his naked butt or more in the next Guardians
05:42of the Galaxy movie.
05:47Nope, Mr. Pratt is pretty guarded when it comes to showing off his galaxy on camera.
05:53The driving force behind that would appear to be his strong religious faith.
05:56A faith that has led him to say no to nude and sex scenes thus far.
06:0113.
06:02Jessica Simpson While some actors will leave open the possibility
06:09of doing nudity if the film and the role are right, Jessica Simpson is not one of them.
06:14Even if she could win an Oscar for it, she doesn't care.
06:17As she told Allure magazine back in 2010, I'm not going to do it.
06:28She might pose in lingerie and do some sexy photo shoots, but when it comes to the full
06:32Monty, that's only for her husband.
06:35Which as of 2024, is former NFL tight end, Eric Johnson.
06:4512.
06:48Anna Kendrick Anna Kendrick is a great actress and has no
07:01problem doing something on screen that feels right for the character.
07:05So kissing or simulated sex, that's about the character, and Kendrick is totally willing
07:10to do it all to honor what the scene legitimately calls for.
07:13However, when it comes to her body, she only gets one of those.
07:20Therefore nudity, as she has pointed out, is more about her.
07:24And she has decided that on-camera nudity isn't for her.
07:27That certainly sounds like pitch-perfect reasoning to us.
07:3511.
07:39Sarah Jessica Parker The show was called Sex and the City.
07:42And there was definitely a lot of sex taking place in the city in pretty much every episode.
07:52In fact, of the four main actresses, only one never appeared naked on screen.
07:57And yes, that one was Sarah Jessica Parker.
08:00She was in her underwear a lot, more than any other character in fact.
08:04But naked?
08:05Never.
08:0612.
08:07Parker's No Nudity Clause Parker's No Nudity Clause was quite well
08:18known and has been much discussed over the years.
08:21It doesn't come from a major ideological or religious place either.
08:25She has no issues with people who are comfortable doing it.
08:28She just isn't.
08:29Plain and simple.
08:3010.
08:31Zendaya After Zendaya started on Disney Channel, her
08:39career took off into the stratosphere.
08:42She's had breakout roles in everything from Spider-Man Homecoming to her big show, Euphoria.
08:54On the series, many of her castmates have disrobed for various episodes.
08:58There are even some reports and interviews of actors pushing against nudity in certain
09:02scenes.
09:03But through it all, Zendaya's Rue Bennett has been relatively more modest than her co-stars.
09:13There are reports that the actress has a No Nudity Clause included in her contract for
09:17the show.
09:18If that's the case, then it doesn't seem likely Zendaya will change that policy for
09:22future roles.
09:239.
09:24Blake Lively Blake Lively has had an incredibly successful
09:34acting career that spans both film and television.
09:52She and her A Simple Favor co-star Anna Kendrick have both opted to not reveal everything on
09:58screen.
10:00Lively's relied on body doubles for a few of the steamy moments in the past.
10:04In a 2012 interview with the Daily Mail, she called nudity in film distracting.
10:09However, she did temporarily change her mind for her role in All I See Is You.
10:18But since Lively disrobed because she found nudity was integral to the story, it was probably
10:23just a rare exception to her stance.
10:268.
10:27Neil McDonough If you re-watched season 5 of Desperate Housewives
10:31closely, you'll notice that Neil McDonough's David Williams won't be spotted kissing his
10:35wife.
10:45Prior to his appearance on the show, he made it public that he wouldn't so much as kiss
10:49anyone that wasn't his real-life spouse.
10:51McDonough's strict policy around intimate scenes wasn't an issue until he was cast
10:56on ABC's Scoundrels.
11:08When he denied a request to do a sex scene for Scoundrels that might have involved showing
11:12skin as well, he was fired and replaced.
11:15Although his personal policy cost him that role, McDonough's had absolutely no problem
11:20getting cast in TV and film since then.
11:287.
11:29Emma Watson Some child actors feel pressured into doing
11:32risque roles in order to be taken more seriously.
11:37However, Emma Watson gracefully transitioned from the wizarding world to other serious
11:45roles without stepping out of her comfort zone.
11:47In an interview with the Sunday Times, the actress insisted that she wouldn't do a
11:51nude scene just to shake off her connection to Hermione.
11:54But that didn't stop people from thinking she would.
11:57There was a time where rumors swirled Watson would bear everything while joining the Fifty
12:01Shades franchise.
12:03However, the actress easily shut those scandalous reports down.
12:10The enchanting Watson still doesn't seem to feel the need to change her stance on nudity.
12:186.
12:20Jennifer Garner Although Jennifer Garner has had a handful
12:24of steamy scenes throughout her career, none of them have ever seen her bear it all.
12:35While promoting their film, The Invention of Lying, Garner and her co-star Ricky Gervais
12:40both expressed their stances on nudity.
12:48The notable actress insisted that there was a 0% chance she'd take it off for the camera.
12:53Garner has certainly achieved incredible heights as an actress while keeping her clothes on.
12:57Incidentally, she's had a number of great roles in family-friendly films over the years
13:01as well.
13:06Garner clearly doesn't need to change what she's doing to keep getting cast in a variety
13:10of roles.
13:125.
13:13Julia Roberts Most movie fans know Julia Roberts played
13:16a woman with a very adult profession to perfection in Pretty Woman alongside Richard Gere.
13:24But her connection to the role doesn't mean she has any plans to take off everything in
13:28future films.
13:30Despite having had many steamy moments with co-stars in the past, Roberts has never let
13:34the camera see everything.
13:36She's even requested that a mature scene in Duplicity was dialed back in the past.
13:43Honestly, we think the actress made her opinion known best in her own words years ago.
13:47In an interview, Roberts said,
13:49To act with my clothes on is a performance.
13:52To act with my clothes off is a documentary.
13:584.
13:59Mila Kunis Back in 2016, the actress went on record
14:04discussing how she had struggled with gender equality in the film industry.
14:08The open letter mentioned how a producer claimed her career would nosedive if she didn't
14:12take off her clothes for promotional material.
14:14But Kunis stood her ground and didn't do something she wasn't comfortable with.
14:25While we don't know what movie this incident was tied to, we know she used a butt double
14:29for her role in Friends With Benefits.
14:34It's great to see Kunis thriving in Hollywood without being pressured to do something she
14:39never wanted to do.
14:413.
14:42Jessica Alba Jessica Alba is one of the talented performers
14:45out in Hollywood who has a no nudity clause written in her contract.
14:49In an interview with Glamour Magazine, she is quoted as saying,
14:52Getting naked would never elevate the picture.
14:55Ironically, many of Alba's roles seem to take it right to the edge of her boundaries.
14:59There's a running issue in the Fantastic Four films where she seems to keep losing
15:04her clothes.
15:21When she appeared in Sin City, Alba played a stripper who didn't reveal everything.
15:32And although viewers thought she bared it all in a machete shower scene, it was just
15:36special effects tricking people's eyes.
15:38Whether Alba is playing around with audience expectations intentionally or not, her no
15:43nudity clause has remained very intact.
15:462.
15:47Samuel L. Jackson Longtime Hollywood legend Samuel L. Jackson
15:51might have the most unique reason for not wanting to do a full frontal scene.
15:55While talking about The Hateful Eight, the subject of nudity came up in conversation.
16:00Jackson was against such scenes because he seemed concerned about measuring up to expectations.
16:06Since we'll try to keep this entry family friendly, we won't specifically name the
16:11part of Jackson's body he thinks could come up short on camera.
16:17According to him, he thinks that a certain part of him might seem too small because his
16:21own personality is so large.
16:23Jackson implied scenes where you'd see all of him might involve a stunt double.
16:32So if he is in any real steamy sequences, he'll ensure his character measures up.
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16:521.
16:54Megan Fox It's safe to say that Megan Fox is one of
16:57the most stunning people in Hollywood.
17:07Although she took part in some risque scenes at one stage in her career, she took measures
17:11to avoid being fully naked.
17:13And that isn't likely to change anytime soon.
17:16In various interviews, Fox expressed that there are some parts of herself she'd rather
17:20keep private.
17:22Her stance only strengthened after she became a mom.
17:28Fox said that she even turned down a TV project because her potential role as a sex worker
17:33would have had a large share of mature scenes.
17:36While she may always be seen as one of the most attractive actresses around, there's
17:40little chance audiences will see all of her.
17:53What do you think about these actors' decision to not bare at all?
17:57Let us know in the comments!