Before it makes its way to Netflix later this month, Don’t Look Up is enjoying a limited theatrical run and director Adam McKay has now explained why Meryl Streep used a body double for her nude scene in the movie.
Apparently, it all has to do with Leonardo DiCaprio, who insisted that she not do the scene herself. Here’s how McKay explained it:
“Yes, that is a body double. But you know who had a problem with it? Leo. Leo just views Meryl as film royalty … although maybe royalty is not a compliment … but as such a special figure in the history of film. He didn’t like seeing her with the lower back tattoo, walking for a second naked. He said something to me like: ‘Do you really need to show that?’ And I was like: ‘It’s President Orlean; it’s not Meryl Streep.’ But she didn’t even blink. She didn’t even bring it up.”
If you haven’t caught it yet, you can check out Don’t Look Up when it hits Netflix on December 24th.
Source: ET Canada
