Gender Mix
From the earliest days of film-making, most nudity in film has been female. Many actresses have appeared on screen in some level of nudity. However, in recent years males have also been represented. For example, actors who have appeared nude have included Richard Gere (American Gigolo, 1980), Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator, 1984), William Petersen (To Live and Die in L.A., 1985), Harvey Keitel (Bad Lieutenant, 1992, and The Piano, 1993), Sylvester Stallone (Demolition Man, 1993), Bruce Willis (Color of Night, 1994), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, 1996), Edward Norton (American History X, 1998), Kevin Bacon (Wild Things, 1998), Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999), Geoffrey Rush (Quills, 2000), Christian Bale (American Psycho, 2000), Ralph Fiennes (Red Dragon, 2002), Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, 2007), Willem Dafoe (Antichrist, 2009), Billy Crudup (Watchmen, 2009), among others.
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