Sandra Bullock on Her First Nude Scene: "It Was Odd"

Us Magazine - June 1, 2009 4:31 PM PDT
Story photo: Sandra Bullock on Her First Nude Scene: Sandra Bullock arrives at the 18th Annual MTV Movie Awards on May 31, 2009 in Universal City, California. Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesUs Magazine
The Proposal (out June 19) not only marks Sandra Bullock's first romantic comedy in nearly five years.

It also is the first time the actress, 44, had to shoot a nude scene.

"Sadly, my first and last nude scene got laughs, so I had to be very secure with that," she said Sunday at the film's press junket. "It was all about choreography. I mean, literally when you read it on the page, you saw it, and then you realized, 'OK, there is no way to shoot this unless you are buck naked!' Then I went, 'Go to the gym, cut out the carbs!'"

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The scene -- which involves a naked run-in scene with costar Ryan Reynolds -- took three days to film and over a dozen takes.

"I'm glad it made people laugh," she said. "Shooting it was odd. There are things stuck to areas that generally you don't have things [stuck to]. I mean, you have things covering [your body], but not stuck to it. And then they got unstuck, and oddly we didn't care because we were so tired."

Added Reynolds, "Yeah, at that point, shame is gone completely. The weirdest part is calling your mom nude on set: 'Hey, just checking in!'"

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The Proposal is Bullock's first romantic comedy since 2005's Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous.

"I stopped doing them," she said. "They are terrible, they are bad. They are not funny, so they shouldn't be a romantic comedy and most of the time they are not romantic. So they shouldn't be called a romantic comedy. They should be called that other kind of film."

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She said she refuses to call The Proposal a romantic comedy.

"It reminds me of the films from like the '30s and '40s where there was a landscape and a story and drama was allowed to be in there," she said. "You can't have good comedy without drama in it. And they dont generally write well for women in romantic comedies."

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"I love my comedy too much to bastardize it with bad romantic comedy," she went on. "So I was like, 'I'm going to find another way to work and do it in a way that I love.' So I'm not calling this a romantic comedy."

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  • FreedomA
    SHE WAS NUDE IN FIRE ON THE AMAZON OMG did she forget She was totally nude. I watched in tonight make sure.
    report abuseposted November 17, 2009 10:17 AM PST
  • The D
    How exactly has she ruined her image? And she wasn't 'nude' in Fire on the Amazon, she had duct tape on her boobs and it was shot to effectively 'simulate' her nudity. Pretty well for an early90s movie in fact
    report abuseposted June 3, 2009 5:14 AM PDT
  • the street
    Sandra is Pistol Red Hot. She can never do anything wrong.
    report abuseposted June 2, 2009 7:09 PM PDT
  • baller
    Just look at marisa tomei now. Doing some very %@!*#y nude scenes lately
    report abuseposted June 2, 2009 4:28 AM PDT
  • baller
    agreed jaspal
    report abuseposted June 2, 2009 4:22 AM PDT
  • jaspal s
    She was so elegant and classy, it's a shame she ruined that image.
    report abuseposted June 2, 2009 3:33 AM PDT
  • Nicole
    She was so elegant and classy, it's a shame she ruined that image. Now she's just another cookie on the sheet cut from the cookie cutter we call Hollywood directors
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 10:11 PM PDT
  • miki
    Her first nude scene was in Fire on the Amazon in 1993 - a forgettable film
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 6:38 PM PDT
  • Chris
    She is so beautiful, and doesn't have to paint herself everyday or beg for attention. She is one of the very few stars who truly is an carefree, simple loving person who is an inspiration to us all. I love all her movies, she is the best.
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 6:30 PM PDT
  • Sammy
    My favorite actress..........don't think we will see much nudity from the previews. More like a butt shot. She just needs a good movie. Who this day and age is taking the place of Sandra B. or Meg Ryan, Kate Hudson??? J. Anniston is getting a little old to be playing the romantic comedian too. None of the so called actresses coming up have anything to offer. Maybe Anne Hathaway.
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 6:17 PM PDT
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