Holmes' First Nude Scene in The Gift

By Azad January 4, 2001 12:02 PM

Greg Kinnear, who plays one of the characters in Sam Raimi's supernatural thriller movie The Gift, said in an interview with TV Guide Online, that he helped ease co-star Katie Holmes through her first topless scene. Wish I could be Kinnear at the time.

"I hadn't been involved in anything like that--and she hadn't either--so I think we diffused it with some good humor on the set," Kinnear said.

Kinnear added, "I think something like that is always percolating at total discomfort. And yet if you can have at least some sense of the silliness of it, [you] can diffuse it a little bit. It was a closed set, and it was handled with great dignity, I think, by the crew and by [director Raimi]. I think we set out to make the scene as impactful as we could, but not make Katie uncomfortable. She was great. She's a real actress; she took the role very seriously."

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RE: Holmes' First Nude Scene in The Gift   reply

Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on January 4, 2001 12:05 PM

guess i'll be seeing this one :)

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2001 3:34 PM

Of course, it wasn't necessary for Kinnear to be nude. Why? Because he's a guy. For the most part, male directors figure out gratuitous reasons to have a boob shot. And here's a telegram to male directors out there: enough already of the stupid strip bar scene in every movie. Half of your audience is female and we're sick of it!!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2001 3:56 PM

no, we're not. ;-)

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2001 4:18 PM

I concur withe the first reply. You're bitching about the wrong thing. It's not that the male director's are too biased towards female nudity, it's that the number of male directors far outnumber the female directors. You're just mad that you don't get to see more 'ass-shots' of Kevin Costner or Brad Pitt. If there were more female directors, I'm sure the shoe would be on the other foot and you wouldn't even be complaining.

Male Ass Shot   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2001 4:21 PM

A good example of this can be seen in American Psycho, directed by a female director. There was indeed quite a lot of male ass shots. So there! ;-) Male or female alike, we love nudity!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2001 4:24 PM

Its not the directors that put in topless women, its the writers who write them into the script . And as for the "stupid strip bar scene in every movie?" What the hell movies do you be seeing? I am a filmmaker/film buff who has seen quite alot of movies in my lifetime. I've seen maybe two movies with a strip club scene in them. If you are under the impression that all movies are sexist and all male directors shovenist pigs, you need to start seeing some different kinds of movies. Topless scene or not "The Gift" is an incredible film and if you see any of Raimi's other films you will see very few topless women. Calling him a pig for one topless scene in one of his movies that is still genius is like calling Speilberg a failure for making "Hook!" Man this post is long....

RE: Male Ass Shot   reply

Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on January 4, 2001 5:01 PM

Yeah, I was going to point out "American Phsyco" also most movies from Franco Zeffirelli contain "Male ass shots".?I bet you Gus Van Sant has a few too. Women directors usually end up directing Gay/Lesbian Genre or Children's movies so they don't have male nudity.

Another factor is nudity sells. A lot of men will go see a movie just because they can count on seeing a celebrities breasts (who can blame them?).

But that's all beyond the point that sometimes a movie calls for nudity.  The ultimate goal of a film is to be as close to realism as possible (while still being stylized for the sake of art) and everyone gets naked once in a while, or goes to a strip club.

The only time a movie shows a strip club is when it's important to the story. (Striptease does not count, neither do porn movies). A lot of movies have a plot based around the character's romance which often includes sex which is often practised without clothes on.

Thus ends my rant!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2001 6:25 PM

whats funny is this filmbuff who seen a lot of movies but only seen two movies with strip bar scenes. Me personally i could care less about tits, ass shots .... but come on only two movies, if you going to argue a point don't be lame at it ... 

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 4, 2001 6:41 PM

who, pray tell, is this Katie Holmes... any relation to sherlock - or - holm(es) james - or - holm sweet holm - or - holm is where the heart is? - or - "your choice"

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Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on January 4, 2001 11:48 PM

hey, i kinda liked "Hook". So, lay off. ;)

BTW, just finished watching Evil Dead 2 and Army Of Darkness for the first time (I know, I know) completely. They kicked ass!!

RE: Holmes' First Nude Scene in The Gift   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 5, 2001 11:57 AM

Geesh the US is still soo off the wall about nudity of any kind come on and grow up everyone; its not that big a deal

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 5, 2001 1:48 PM

I say only two because pornography doesn't count. In any case, in those two cases (now three, I recently saw another) the strip club scene seemed to be important to the plot or to define the character's personality. Not just because the male director/writer is a shovenist pig

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 5, 2001 1:49 PM

Uuuhhh....I think you totally missed the point of this guy's arguement....

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 5, 2001 1:51 PM

Amen ta that!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 5, 2001 5:18 PM

How about Darkman? Raimi is a very inventive and daring director. Nudity/no nudity... doesn't matter... who cares? If I get fixated on that then the movie must not be very good or I'm just not paying attention. Bottom line: Every shot should be meaningful and advance the story.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 6, 2001 8:22 PM

I read an article in the Philadelphia Inquir this past week about Sarah Jessica Parker. In the article she explianed that from the beginning of her career she had a no nudity clause in her contract. Even though she stars in HBO's Sex and the City, she has never once appeared nude on screen. I respect actresses like that who can be sexy and still not appear nude.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 6, 2001 8:25 PM

Can I get an "Amen?"

RE: RE: Holmes' First Nude Scene in The Gift   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 6, 2001 10:56 PM

She is not sexy. Who would want to see her nude.

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Posted by billy49,000 (jwalter@hotmail.com) on January 7, 2001 7:47 AM

Holmes as in Dawson's Creek, the WB station.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 7, 2001 9:49 AM

Not sexy? I sure as hell would.....Although I admittedly do respect her for being able to be sexy without taking her clothes off, I can still dream, can't I? ;P

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Posted by Solo (soloist@rocker.com) on January 7, 2001 6:38 PM

RE 1st comment.. 
Amen! ;)

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Posted by Solo (soloist@rocker.com) on January 8, 2001 10:55 AM

LOL!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 8, 2001 3:22 PM

what, you aren't bi?

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 8, 2001 3:23 PM

i thought all girls that watched had some latent bi-sexual tendencies..  oh well..

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 8, 2001 3:24 PM

not sexy?  you must be gay too.

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Posted by virtualias (sansnet@hotmail.com) on January 8, 2001 8:54 PM

YES WE ARE!!!
I wanna see some erections next time I go into a movie theater.

Wait...no I don't...

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Posted by virtualias (sansnet@hotmail.com) on January 8, 2001 8:57 PM

It's true we do! But that's because we don't have a choice! We're constantly bombarded with images of male fantasies!

And I think there should be BOOBS EVERYWHERE, then maybe we wouldn't make such a big deal about it. Nudity is good. It's the gratuitous violence we need to worry about.

AMEN!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 9, 2001 2:57 PM

Amen Brutha!!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 10, 2001 4:35 PM

Why can't more women be like this one?  I think I'm in love.....

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 10, 2001 6:32 PM

I agree, with whoever said grow up. most me are pigs and proud to admit it and we aren't going to change that! so move on.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 10, 2001 10:55 PM

If you want to see Sarah Jessica nude, why don't you just pray that Michael Bolton take his shirt off too?  They are the same person aren't they?

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Posted by Solo (soloist@rocker.com) on January 12, 2001 11:00 AM

ahhhh , boobs as far as the eye can see.. good idea!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 24, 2001 9:15 PM

ok, so most men are pigs and most women are raving b*tches. got anything new here?Katie Holmes is cute but evidently does not match the tastes of everyone. and I personally do not think S.J.Parker is all that and a bag of barbecue chips but so what? I lean more towards the Wynona Ryder/Mira Sorvino type...yeah, somewhere in between those two...point is...oh forget it

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 24, 2001 8:28 PM

i'm just dissapointed in her.  i thought she was above that. she's always had a clean image and done well.  she is beautiful, but she would still go far with her clothes on.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 8, 2001 1:04 PM

absolutely delicious... so cute.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 31, 2001 11:44 PM

You are just uncomfortable with your nudity and that is no reason to take nudity out of a movie, so please keep your comments about nudity to your self.

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Posted by da brat (No Email) on April 18, 2001 4:10 PM

do girls wanna see dick in movies is an important question?

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Posted by da brat (No Email) on April 18, 2001 4:15 PM

quit griping and accept that there is always gonna be more female nudity. Cos guys love it more. So you're griping is not gonna help. Sorry but its true. Boobs will continue to fill screens and bush too lets not forget. Cos yeah men are pigs. And love it.

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Posted by da brat (No Email) on April 18, 2001 4:16 PM

quit griping and accept that there is always gonna be more female nudity. Cos guys love it more. So you're griping is not gonna help. Sorry but its true. Boobs will continue to fill screens and bush too lets not forget. Cos yeah men are pigs. And love it.

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Posted by da brat (No Email) on April 18, 2001 4:17 PM

quit griping and accept that there is always gonna be more female nudity. Cos guys love it more. So you're griping is not gonna help. Sorry but its true. Boobs will continue to fill screens and bush too lets not forget. Cos yeah men are pigs. And love it.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 12:44 PM

Katie Holmes is beautiful

RE: Holmes' First Nude Scene in The Gift   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 8, 2001 12:16 PM

Show us ya tits luv!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 21, 2002 2:47 AM

Wow, Katie is very beautiful she is perfect!!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 29, 2002 12:53 AM

LOL!

nudity in films   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 31, 2004 10:07 AM

i think the initial comment is misguided. i believe there are is far, far more male nudity in mainstream movies, i.e, not porn, etc.  practically every major male star has done it at one time or another, from Mel Gibson in 'Lethal Weapon', Kevin Costner in 'Dances with Wolves' and right up to Brad Pitt in 'Troy'.  This has been consistent from the late 80's throughout the 90's and now up to the'noughties'.  There was even a successful film dedicated to the topic of male nudity, i.e 'the full monty'. men are less inhibited than women and the male nude scene is accepted in  far more contexts than female nudity. Many female stars have no nudity clauses but i haven't heard of any male stars protesting in the same fashion.  i think men have far more to complain about if they feel aggrieved about gratuitous nudity in movies but they just tend to get on with it rather than whinge.  a valid point made by the katie holmes complainer but she should really take those blinkers off first and get her facts right before she commits herself.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 15, 2005 8:03 PM

Screw you bitch.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 14, 2009 3:34 PM

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