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Mortimer: 'There's worse than being naked'

Emily Mortimer


Emily Mortimer has suggested that she does not mind stripping off for her film roles.

The Harry Brown star told Parade that the emotional exposure for some roles leaves actors open to much more humiliation than being filmed naked.

Mortimer said: "Usually when they say, 'Emily gave a brave performance'. it means I dropped my drawers.

"I just don't think, 'God, this is a shocking part where I take my clothes off'. I think, 'This is a really good script. And I really would like to be part of this film'."

She added: "As an actor you're constantly humiliating yourself in so many more ways than just taking off your clothes.

"You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive. That's much worse than being naked."

Mortimer also claimed that she was too physically uncoordinated to take on an action role, saying: "My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely don't have that sophisticated cool thing down.

"I'm the opposite of that, I'm kind of a gawky idiot. I run like some sort of weird creature from the deep."

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