UPDATE — 3/18/25, 5:15 p.m. ET: Jason Isaacs addressed his feedback claiming there’s a “double commonplace” in Hollywood for male actors doing nude scenes.
“I stated the improper phrases within the improper method,” he instructed Selection in a Tuesday, March 18, assertion. “I used the phrase ‘double commonplace,’ which I didn’t imply in any respect. There’s a [different] double commonplace — ladies have been monstrously exploited and males haven’t.”
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Jason Isaacs is aware of that each The White Lotus fan can’t cease speaking about his jaw-dropping full frontal scene.
“Lots of people are debating [if I’m wearing a prosthetic] and it’s everywhere in the web,” Isaacs, 61, stated on the Friday, March 14, episode of CBS Mornings. “It’s fascinating as a result of the most effective actress this yr was Mikey Madison on the Oscars — and I don’t see anybody discussing her vulva, which was on tv on a regular basis.”
Theo James, Dakota Johnson and extra actors have opened up about their nude scenes — and broke down the expertise of going full frontal. James raised eyebrows along with his efficiency as Cameron throughout season 2 of The White Lotus, notably in a memorable scene the place Harper (Aubrey Plaza) by accident snuck a peek at Cameron (James) […]
He added, “I feel it’s fascinating that there’s a double commonplace for males. When ladies are bare, [also like] Margaret Qualley in The Substance, no person would dream of speaking to her about her genitalia or nipples or something of these issues.”
After the CBS anchors requested if he was dodging cohost Gayle King’s query about carrying a prosthetic penis, Isaacs concurred.
“It’s a dodge as a result of I don’t suppose individuals actually wish to know the way the sausage is made,” the British actor quipped. “That’s why. … I genuinely suppose it will be odd [because] there are a number of the ladies’s characters who’re bare [and] you’d by no means dream of discussing. Not for a second.”
Isaacs shared related sentiments throughout one other Friday look on Good Day New York when host Rosanna Scotto proclaimed that she “wasn’t going to go there” and point out his nude scene.
“Let me ask you this: For those who had a lady on right here, would you be very eager on speaking about her downstairs space?” Isaacs replied. “Would you ever speak to an actress about it? I don’t suppose you’d. I feel it’s a horrible double commonplace.”
Isaacs as soon as once more cited Madison and Qualley’s respective performances in Anora and The Substance as his causes for staying mum.
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“I’ve watched all their interviews and nobody’s ever requested them about their physique elements,” he stated.
Ever since Isaacs’ character bared all of it on the present, he’s been requested in regards to the expertise.
“Yeah, it’s now in my contract for each present I do, so we’ll see,” he joked to Leisure Weekly earlier this month. “It’ll get simpler, hopefully.”
Chatting with the outlet, Isaacs revealed how the identical got here to be.
“He’s drugging himself right into a stupor to attempt not to consider the truth that his total life is blowing up and making an attempt to work out what to do about it,” Isaacs defined. “It was really fairly difficult — I bear in mind studying the scripts pondering, ‘Wow, I’ve obtained to maintain my powder dry for 5 – 6 episodes, after which this s— actually kicks off.’”
New episodes of The White Lotus air on HBO Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
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