I was cornered into doing a scene partially naked on Lost: Evangeline
Actor Evangeline Lilly, who played the female lead, Kate Austen, during the six-season run of Lost, has shared that she felt “cornered” into doing a partially nude scene in the TV series.
The Ant-Man and the Wasp star made the revelations during an interview for The Lost Boys podcast. “In season 3, I’d had a bad experience on set with being basically cornered into doing a scene partially naked, and I felt had no choice in the matter. And I was mortified and I was trembling when it finished. I was crying my eyes out, and I had to go and do a very formidable, very strong scene thereafter,” Lilly said.
The 39-year-old actor said her discomfort continued into the following season of the show as she was tasked with undressing on-screen yet again.
“In Season 4, another scene came up where Kate was undressing and I fought very hard to have that scene be under my control. And I failed to control it again. So I then said, ‘That’s it, no more. You can write whatever you want — I won’t do it. I will never take my clothes off on this show again.’ And I didn’t.”
Lilly added that she now says no to scripts where it involves nudity. “It’s not because I think there’s anything wrong with doing nudity. It’s because I don’t trust that I can be comfortable and safe. I’m lucky; I’m in a privileged position because I can be picky. I feel for women who are struggling to come up in the industry and don’t know how to navigate that,” she said. PTI
I was mortified and I was trembling when the scene [in season 3] finished. I was crying my eyes out... In Season 4, another [undressing] scene came up...
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