Renée Zellweger revealed in a recent Harper's Bazaar cover story that a producer once offered her alcohol on set before she was supposed to perform a n-de scene. The two-time Oscar winner did not name the project, emphasizing that she was not a victim of the situation. Instead, Zellweger was detailing the battles she faced during production when she was young in Hollywood.
"There have been times where I've been, you know, on set, where a producer is ready for me to go ahead and take my clothes off: 'Here, drink this wine, because then you will,'" Zellweger. she said she. “And, you know, I'm not going to drink that wine, but I would like a phone. Because I have a phone call that I need to make right now.
Zellweger has spoken out against n-de scenes in the past, telling Premiere magazine in 2001 (via IndieWire) that she turned down Cameron Crowe's request that she appear topless during a scene in "Jerry Maguire." , starring Tom Cruise.
"It's not like Cameron's grand plan was to have this gratuitous sleazy breast photo," Zellweger said. "That's not in him, and I would do anything for him, except for that."
Zellweger added at the time that n-de scenes often distract from the plot. “When a woman is n-ked in a room, unless that particular moment is stopped by the theme, all you notice is that there is a n-ked girl,” she said.
Following her 2020 Oscar win for "Judy," the second Academy Award of her career, Zellweger transitioned to television as the star of NBC's crime black comedy "The Thing About Pam." The series airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. m. ET on NBC. Episodes stream on Hulu the next day.
