Skins actress Kaya Scodelario once revealed how a director told her and other women to strip naked for a movie that didn’t even contain nudity.
The British star said on X (Twitter) that a “notoriously difficult director” made her go through an awful audition, although she had not officially revealed who the director was.
Whilst responding to a tweet captioned, “Naked auditions has thrown me completely,” the Skins star revealed how a “big director” in the industry made the bizarre demand.
In 2021 she wrote in a now-deleted lengthy reply: “I had an audition for a job a few years ago.”
“It said ‘She just needs to come in. Take her clothes off and that’s all’.”
“I was terrified.”
“Luckily I have an agent who swiftly said there was no way that was going to happen.”
“This was a big movie. A big director. A big ‘opportunity’.”
She went on to explain that she and another actress both worked very hard in their audition to get the part but added that this director just wanted to see who would say yes to being nude.
“He emailed our agents ‘whoever agrees to go nude 1st gets the job’.”
“The movie had no nudity in it. He just wanted 2 see who’d say yes.”
“MANY MANY young actors do not have the safety net of a caring agent to protect them.”
“They will assume that it is normal for an actress’s worth to be measured by the body they have.”
“By the amount of skin they are willing to show. We have been conditioned to believe this.”
The Pirates of the Caribbean star said she was in awe of women who come forward to speak about their experiences and that she felt scared to tweet what she did at the time.
“I’m going to wake up in the morning with anxiety about tweeting.”
“Despite the fact that I haven’t named names.”
“I’m still going to feel scared.”
“The women who come forward openly are so brave.”
“I am in awe of you all.”
“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
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