Hayden Panettiere's Nude Scene: Much Ado About Nothing?
Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, 20th Century Fox, Summer Movies
Quick: what actress said she would only go naked for an Oscar-caliber role? If you answered Hayden Panettiere, you'd be right. (Of course, if you answered Megan Fox or a few dozen other actresses, you'd also be right.) Two years ago, the budding Heroes starlet claimed: "I'd never go nude or shave my head – unless it's for an Oscar!" Either things have changed, or I Love You, Beth Cooper is a sleeper contender for an Academy Award. Chris Columbus' film, based on the book by Larry Doyle, opens on Friday. Panettiere stars in the titular role as a freshly-graduated high school student who decides to show a nerdy valedictorian (Paul Rust) the night of his life. And her breasts.
Panettiere confidently drops her towel in front of Rust in the locker room scene. "It didn't bother me much," she told People. "I don't think it takes much thought, and I don't think it takes much preparation as an actor," she explained to Parade. "I didn't find it very hard being naked. It's like I drop my towel and that's it." How naked was she? "I was really naked," she elaborated to E! Online. "I had these little sticky petals on my boobs, but that was about it."
Sounds like a hot, naked scene -- except the movie is rated PG-13 ("for crude and sexual content, language, some teen drinking and drug references, and brief violence") and you may be able to see more of the 19-year-old Panettierre's body in a bikini (the trailer hints that her exposed flesh is limited to her bare back, above the waist). Kudos to Panettiere for getting as much publicity as possible for her movie while keeping her private parts private -- for now.
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7-07-2009 @ 1:23PM
Midnight13 said...
What a shocker. There are countless of PG-13 movies that do this sort of thing. They even have it in the trailer. Yeah she's topless in the movie. Oh, the camera shows her bare back and nothing more. She's a network television star, they don't do nudity.
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7-07-2009 @ 1:30PM
Mark Johnson said...
I reckon that it's a showdown, Hayden vs Megan, who's gonna win??
Seems when they hit post 19 sex really does sell over anything else.
Panettiere Megan Showdown!
http://tiny.cc/Panettieres
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7-07-2009 @ 1:39PM
matt said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yix8rRM-DsQ&NR=1
its nothing much
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7-07-2009 @ 2:38PM
Sean said...
Actually, it's when she turns away from Rust and heads into the shower that you get side boob. I forget it they cut away, leaving the possibility of a body double. But I don't think so. Yay. I just typed "side boob." I can retire now.
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7-07-2009 @ 6:45PM
Heavytoka said...
I'm not a huge fan of Midget porn anyways lol
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7-07-2009 @ 7:52PM
Tor said...
She must've changed her mind. The other option is far too disturbing.
"I Love You, Beth Cooper" an Oscar contender? The End Times would truly be upon us then.
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7-09-2009 @ 12:36PM
FTP said...
Of course it's not hard being naked, you had fucking breast petals on, nobody saw shit that you couldn't see from regular cleavage. I'm guessing the same level of censorship was used for below the waist as well. Try fucking the censors and actually being naked, oh wait you have a shitty reputation to uphold. Fuck what people think, nobody should expect anything from anyone. Ever.
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7-14-2009 @ 10:02PM
Shave it said...
"I'd never go nude or shave my head.."
I think if you don't pose nude, you should shave your head for a change. After all Britney Spears did it...
http://www.wildmanproduction.com/headblade.html
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