To everyone dying to see Anna Kendrick naked in a movie: sorry perverts. The acclaimed actress has a no-nudity rule when it comes to her roles. And she certainly is not alone. Plenty of other stars of Kendrick's caliber won't go all-in for the box office.
For example, Sarah Jessica Parker has never gone au naturel for a movie, even though she played the lead on a little show called S- and the City for six seasons (and yes, she stayed clothed for the two spinoff feature films, too). You won't be seeing Julia Roberts in goosebumps from the comfort of a theater seat, either, which is also pretty remarkable considering that her standout role was playing a prostitute on Pretty Woman.
The one common thread that all of these talented megastars shares is that it's downright awkward having the world listen to your naughty bits. But for now, let's get to the nitty-gritty of why Anna Kendrick refused to do N- scenes.
Anna Kendrick's 'physical parts' are none of your business
Kendrick explained in her memoir, Little Nobody Scrappy, that while she doesn't think on-screen nudity is inherently bad, it's just not her thing, and she wants to keep a clear separation between who is in the movie and who. it is in the flesh. "I've tried explaining it to people but it seems like you either get it right away or don't see what the problem is," she wrote. "I don't mind a scene. A character can have a scene, but my physical parts always feel like mine. Because... they are."
But that doesn't mean Kendrick turns down scenes that require her to be exposed to her colleagues. In fact, she has no problem with it, to point out. Kendrick loved filming a shower scene in 2012's Pitch Perfect, in which Brittany Snow's character barges in upon hearing her sing. She and Snow revealed on Anderson Cooper Live that they weren't fully exposed since they were wearing pasties; Kendrick joked that the scene wasn't "awkward" and quipped, "It was the best day of my life! That's why I made the movie."
Anna Kendrick is fine with scenes even though they are uncomfortable
Kendrick told Playboy that she is uncomfortable with N- scenes and dislikes kissing scenes (even fully clothed) because a scripted kiss takes the fun out of kissing. «It is so mechanical; It wasn't the actor's idea to kiss me. We just have to look at each other and say, 'Okay, I guess we're doing it now,'" she explained. "For women, the fact that someone wants to kiss you is the most exciting part. If someone kisses you when they don't want to, it takes the fun out of it. Also, it's the makeup department's job to have mints, which is random. Why the makeup department? «
We're just guessing here, but perhaps Kendrick's awkwardness has something to do with the decidedly awkward experience she had the first time she had to kiss on screen. As she recalled E! Scene News from 2007's Rocket Science, in which she starred when she was 19, "I kissed a guy who was 15 or 16, so it felt pretty creepy." Yes, that will.
