David Duchovny Wrote His Own Nude Scene in His 60s Because ‘I Find That Funny’: Aging Is ‘Going to Happen to All of Us’
variety.comEthan Shanfeld Some nude scenes are meant to be sexy. Others are meant to be funny. David Duchovny took the latter approach in his latest movie, “Reverse the Curse,” which he wrote and directed.
The 63-year-old actor stars in the film as an ailing Red Sox fan whose condition worsens every time his beloved baseball team loses.
When his adult son moves back home to take care of him, he manufactures a fake winning streak to keep his dad’s spirits high.
In one scene in the film, Duchovny and his co-star Logan Marshall-Green are changing in a men’s locker room. Naked, Duchovny’s character asks his son, “Are you uptight naked in front of your father?” After seeing his bare bottom half, Duchovny hugs him and says, “That’s a perfectly respectable prick you’ve got there, son.” In an interview with Salon, Duchovny explained that it was important for his character to be nude and to talk about what it looks like to have an aging body. “You can turn it into humor.
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