The actor on playing trouser billiards with Hugh Grant, bonding with the flugelhorn in Brassed Off, and the magic of working with Peter O’Toole
Hello Tara! Loved you in Hear My Song and Frenchmen’s Creek. Were there anything resembling intimacy coordinators for nude scenes back in the 90s? repoman71
No is the short answer. Everyone was very “respectful”. That word was used a lot: we’ll all be very “respectful”. I used to slightly dread those days on set. People poised with towels and dressing gowns is what I remember the most.
Has your attitude to nudity changed? Splutterer
I think it probably has. I’m older, so people don’t ask me to take my clothes off any more. I would look at some of the scripts I read in my 20s in terms of how much nudity there was, and what would be called for. I was always aware of this imbalance: I was the girl, I seemed to be nude, and the guy I was with didn’t seem to be. I was always very conscious of that.
