Story of the Day: Helen Hunt Had Nudity Nerves

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Helen Hunt has opened up on her nudity nerves. The actress, who is nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a real-life “sex surrogate”, says that getting nude on screen was a scary experience when left her feeling extremely exposed and she was worried about being judged at first but she wanted the role so badly that the desire to star in the film forced her to overcome her nerves:

“My vagina has never been in a movie (before), if we’re going to go there… I certainly was not super-human and without any nerves about feeling exposed or judged for being a naked person. But whatever fears I had were smaller than my desire to be in it.”

Helen decided to talk to Cheryl herself to get some incite into the role, and she was surprised to see that she is still working and that she is still called names for her work as a sexologist:

“I called her and said, ‘It’s Helen Hunt, could we speak?’ She said, ‘Great, I’m just getting out of the shower, then I have a client and I’ll call you in two hours’. I hung up and went, ‘Wait a minute, what? She’s still doing this?’ That told me something… She says she’s gone to seminars and people are yelling out, ‘W**re!'”