This is how this scene was filmed
Risky Lies, with the original title True Lies, is a film that mixes action, adventure, and comedy, and that some remember for an erotic scene that is already part of cinema history. We're talking about the striptease that Helen, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, does to her husband, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. We are talking about a mythical scene, one of the most coveted since the film's premiere in 1994. A Hollywood classic loaded with curiosities.
The film has many scenes that have gone down in history, from the active ones to the goal that Arny scores, but the sensual dance that the actress does caused a lot to talk about in its day, and it continues to do so 28 years after the premiere of the film Arnold and Jaime are husband and wife. He plays an international spy agency and hides her profession from her. When she finds out, she decides to help him. In this process, the actress marks one of the choreographies of her career. Black lingerie, a lit fireplace, and a private dance with which she assures that she felt empowered
The actress told some details and anecdotes about the filming of this 90s classic, especially about the famous scene. She went to PEOPLE Magazine and revealed that she did not rehearse or prepare the choreography. The only part that she did prepare for was Jamie Lee Curtis's slip in the middle of the dance. "It's the biggest laugh I've ever had," said the actress in that same interview, stressing that it was a specific idea by James Cameron: "He knew it was too beautiful, too real. He knew we needed to break the spell." The song that plays in the background is Alone in the dark, and according to the actress herself, she danced to it as she does in her house when no one is around her.
Golden Globe for Jamie Lee Curtis
This scene has haunted the actress all her life and they still keep asking about her. But would she shoot it again? This is what she responded: "Did I like doing it? No. Did I feel embarrassed doing it? Yes. Did it look good on me? Yes. Did I know what I was doing? Yes. Did I like it? No. Did I do it because Was it work? Yes. Now everything is different, she has been married for many years and I am a mother. Now I would not do it, absolutely not!", she said in one of her last interviews.
Jamie Lee Curtis, daughter of Toni Curtis and Janet Leigh, was 36 when the film was shot and Arnold was 47, and both gave themselves under the orders of James Cameron. Risky Lies earned an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects, and the actress's performance was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Actress.
Schwarzenegger and Curtis later coincided in a children's movie
It took almost 10 years for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis to meet again in the professional field. It was in a children's movie directed by Penelope Spheeris. We are talking about The Kid & I, released in 2005, in which both make a cameo and play themselves.
