Sandra Bullock opened up about the time she accidentally showed off a bit more of her body than she intended while filming a nude scene.
The 59-year-old star was shooting a scene for the 2009 rom-com The Proposal, which recently landed on Netflix, alongside Ryan Reynolds.
Nude scenes are all part and parcel of being a Hollywood star, and being the consummate professional she is, Bullock was unphased by getting her kit off - even when things didn’t exactly go to plan.
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In the scene, Bullock’s character is looking for a towel and ends up running slap bang into Reynold’s character, while both of them are completely nude, knocking him to the floor and landing on top of him. Awkward, eh?
And it seems things were almost as awkward when it came to the filming of the scene.
In an interview, the Oscar-winning actor explained: "You have things covering up your essential parts but they get unstuck.
"And, oddly enough, we didn't care because we were so tired. Ann was like, 'Sandra, your vagina is hanging out. Cover it up.' I'm like, 'Oh, sorry, sorry.'
"And the crew would be like, 'Jeez, her nipple is showing.'
"They weren't titillated, they were unhappy because they knew we had to retake the shot.
"They're like, 'We want to go to lunch. Cover the nip.' So that's pretty much how the day went."
Just another day at the office, eh?
Despite the frustrations of some members of the crew, Bullock still found time to compliment her co-star.
Bullock said: "The nudity was appropriate for the film. I had to be buck-naked.
"The big thing was that it was funny. And the only way it could be funny was if you saw my whole body.
"Ann Fletcher, the director, was amazing in how she choreographed it because we knew we couldn't show anything too explicit.
"I had a little bit more area to cover than Ryan did, so it was a little trickier for me.
"But I can talk about Ryan's penis if you want. I mean if I looked like him, I'd be naked all the time."
What higher compliment could you hope to receive?
Not that there weren't ground rules laid down when it came to getting in the buff.
The Gravity star recalled: "I was like, ‘I will do this naked scene only if I can be humiliated and funny.' You will not see me trying to attempt being sexy naked—in real life or onscreen.
"There's just no point in it! It was for that reason, with a friend that you trusted comedically, and safety-wise I knew I was in the presence of safety."
Topics: Ryan Reynolds, TV and Film, Celebrity
Claire Reid