Katherine Waterston Had Fun Shooting Her Long Nude Scene For ‘Inherent Vice’

Inherent Vice is the new film from celebrated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. One of the most talked about scenes in the flick is a very lengthy, nude scene from relative newcomer (but not nudecomer) Katherine Waterston. She plays the ex-girlfriend of Joaquin Phoenix's character and at one point, she gets on his lap completely nude and persuades him to violently spank her ass. It's like we wrote the scene ourselves, people! We'll be sure to have the scene for YOU, loyal reader, when we get it! 

In the meantime, the 34 year-old spoke to HuffPost Live to promote the film and was asked about being nude. She thinks it's "not that big a deal." 

"I love the words, and it started with the words," she explained. "It's strange. When you have a lot to do in a scene, it's actually quite liberating. ... I find it more freeing."

Waterston's connection to both the character and her co-star made her even more committed to doing the scene justice.

"I felt a responsibility to [my character] Shasta, who was of course very comfortable with [Phoenix's character] Doc, to be comfortable in the scene," she recounted. "[And] Joaquin is such a great scene partner and just a kind, easygoing person, so I was comfortable around Joaquin from the moment I shook his hand."

From there, the scene was like "skinny dipping."

"You think, 'Oh gosh, my friend just took off all his clothes, now I'm taking off all my clothes,' and before you know it, you're just swimming in the water and you're not thinking about the fact," she said. "There's maybe a moment where you gulp, but then, for me, the scene was so much fun to play that I didn't really think about it too much."

Katherine's got the right idea! Let's stop thinking about it and take all our clothes off! We're going streaking!*

*arrests at your own risk

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