Keira Knightley recently revealed she wouldn’t accept any more roles that include nude scenes if the film’s director is a man.
According to the actress, she is not against posing nude, but she is unwilling to sacrifice her peace by feeling unease or awkward at a man’s stare. “It’s partly vanity, and also it’s the male gaze,” she said during her appearance on the Chanel Connects podcast.
In the conversation, Knightley told filmmaker Lulu Wang and writer Diane Solway why she added a no-nudity clause to her contracts. “If I was making a story that was about that journey of motherhood and body acceptance, I feel like, I’m sorry, but that would have to be with a female filmmaker,” she said. “I don’t want it to be those horrible sex scenes.
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