Cultural views on the navel 1960s, community standards had changed. Marilyn Monroe was allowed to expose her navel in "Something's Got to Give" (1962) and later commented, "I guess the censors are willing to recognize that everybody has a navel." Ursula Andress, appearing as Honey Rider in the 1962 James Bond film, "Dr. No", wore her iconic white bikini, which exposed her midriff and navel. However, when Annette Funicello was cast in her first beach movie "Beach Party" (1963), Walt Disney, who held her contract, insisted that she only wear modest bathing suits and keep her navel covered, to preserve her wholesome persona, though she
Ursula Andress starred in alongside Derek, "Nightmare in the Sun" (1965). In 1965, nude photographs of her from "Nightmare in the Sun" were published in "Playboy"; it would be the first of seven times she was pictured in the magazine over the next fifteen years. When asked why she had agreed to do the "Playboy" shoot, Andress replied coolly, "Because I'm beautiful." Andress was cast in the title role of "She" (1965) playing an immortal queen, for Hammer Films and Seven Arts Productions, shot in England and Israel. Andress agreed to make it as part of a two-picture deal with Seven Arts.