Mary-Louise Parker wants to set the record straight: She loves being naked. The long takes do not shy away from Botwin's nakedness — both physical and emotional. The More article, which was excerpted online under the ironic headline of "I Like to Reveal Myself," quotes the actress as saying that she didn't think she needed to be naked, and that she fought with the director about it, which made her bitter. Not exactly, says Parker.

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I'd always dreamed of a movie star asking me to get naked, but this isn't exactly what I had in mind. Mary-Louise Parker was considering posing nude for Esquire but had an unusual--by which I mean deeply disturbing--request: that the editor of the piece pose naked as well. The editor. That would be me. That's problematic. I pointed out that my nipples weren't fit for mass consumption. I mentioned the possibility of subscription cancellations. I told my wife, counting on her to be equally disturbed. I told my boss, who was also unnervingly enthusiastic.
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Her incredible acting talent paired with her proclivity for getting nude made her an easy person to love, and she's continued both of those proud traditions throughout her career. MLP's first flirtation with cable nudity came when she stripped fully nude in 's HBO miniseries Angels in America , but it was her leading role in Showtime's Weeds the following year that really brought the nudity windfall! Seriously though, it seemed like she did nudity in almost every episode, which I know is a bit of hyperbole, but looking back on the sheer depth and volume of nude scenes she did, it's not far from the truth. Of course, the circumstances of her painful breakup with notorious philanderer Billy Crudup made us all feel for her, and endeared her to us even more. I mean, one look at what that bozo passed up to bury his face in Claire Danes' box is enough to make you shake your head in disappointment. Mary-Louise Parker has been doing her thing for nearly thirty years now, and she looks just as gorgeous as she did the first time we laid eyes on her. Like a fine wine—or a nice blunt—she just gets better with age! Tagged in: mary louise parker, best of ,. Photos Videos Celebs Egotastic Search for:.
Plus, the Weeds star adds, "I look okay for 44". Mary-Louise Parker has always been fine with the sex scenes in her role as Nancy Botwin, a marijuana-selling suburban mom in the Showtime series Weeds , but she thinks that a recent nude scene of her in the bathtub took things a little too far. I was goaded into it. Despite being bitter over the nude scene, Parker still very much enjoys playing her character on the show. If you have opted in for our browser push notifications, and you would like to opt-out, please refer to the following instructions depending on your device and browser. For turning notifications on or off on Google Chrome and Android click here , for Firefox click here , for Safari click here and for Microsoft's Edge click here. FB Twitter ellipsis More.