Redeem now - Nathalie Emmanuel said that her nude scenes in "Game of Thrones" have affected her career.
- Emmanuel said that producers have assumed she'll do nude scenes for any project as a result.
- Emmanuel said that she agreed to "Thrones'" specific nude scenes, not every nude scene in general.
"Game of Thrones" was famous for a lot of things, including dragons, epic dialogue, a much-maligned final season, and nudity.
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.One of the many actors who featured in nude scenes, Missandei actress Nathalie Emmanuel, has spoken about the effect those scenes have had on her career after the HBO mega-series.
On a recent episode of the podcast "Make It Reign with Josh Smith," Emmanuel said: "When I did 'Game of Thrones,' I agreed toward certain nude scenes or nudity within the show.
"And the perception from other projects, when the role required nudity, that I was just open to do anything because I did it on that one show."
"I've had people challenge me and be like, 'But this part requires that,' and I said, 'That's fine if you require that in the part; I don't feel comfortable doing that level of nudity. I will do this amount, you know, I can do this, which I think is necessary for the part,'" Emmanuel explained.
Emmanuel said that if someone insists that the scene needs full nudity, however, she would say: "'Well, thank you very much, I appreciate your interest but that's just not what I feel is necessary for this part and it's a difference of opinion and creative differences and that's fine.'"
Emmanuel said that, thankfully, most people are very understanding of her stance and she hasn't often come across people who don't respect her wishes as an actor.
"Nine times out of 10, people are much more solutions-based and want to come to a compromise," Emmanuel said.
Emmanuel is not the first "Thrones" alum to speak about her nude scenes in the show. Last year, Melisandre actress Carice Van Houten told Insider that the Me Too movement changed her perspective on nude scenes across her whole career, not just in "Game of Thrones."
"In retrospect, I thought, 'Why did that scene have to be nude? Why was that normal?' I did question things and it was not so much that I was blaming anyone, but that's just how we evolved, and just how the movement affected me."
Van Houten said that she became "very aware of the male gaze" and this led to her and her friend and collaborator Halina Reijn making the 2019 movie "Instinct."
"We sort of made it into a dogma where we are done with that [nudity]. We don't need to show nudity to create intimacy, we don't need to see breasts."
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