Another thing that rubs me the wrong way is the idea that I can’t possibly understand how awful it is that females appear nude in film because I’m not a woman that’s sick and tired of the objectification (and by the way there’s plenty of women that don’t feel that way). I may not share the same anatomy with women, but I definitely have more in common with 99% of women in this country than those women have in common with the actresses that appear nude in film. The main thing being that neither of us have or will appear nude in a film. Also, what if I wanted to make a film with nudity in it? (Female nudity of course because that’s more offensive.) Am I supposed to hire an actress for that role and then change or delete the nude scene because she, even though she accepted the role, doesn’t want that to be filmed? I know I’m a male and all, but isn’t it up to the actress? Assuming the actors aren’t mistreated in the process of making the scene, why is it offensive whether the scene is necessary or not? Don’t we respect the bodies and decisions made by women? That’s what I thought we were supposed to do but apparently I’m behind the times.
Many an actress has a nude double. Both the worst and best kept secret in the industry.
That’s also pretty common. I don’t see a problem with that either if they can make it work effectively. In that example I gave, though, sometimes the actor’s face needs to be in frame for it to work, especially if there’s interaction between characters during the scene.
I think there have been a couple instances of digital head replacement in recent years.