Emma Thompson: ‘I spent two delightful days nude with Jeff Goldblum’

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Vanity Fair.Thompson’s days spent in the buff with Goldblum, 69, were when they were filming the 1989 rom-com “The Tall Guy.”“We were both so nervous,” she admitted. “We both had indigestion I think for two weeks beforehand.

But once we got into it, we just had the best time.”The “Sense and Sensibility” actress recalled this pleasing experience as something she knew would end up being useful.“That has always stood me in good stead because I always remember thinking, ‘Oh, it’s OK, it’s fine.

It’s all right.’ As long as you are calm, everyone else is calm,” she said.Turns out the bare days with Goldbum did come in handy as she prepared to do the same process for “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.”“I knew Sophie [Hyde] and me and Daryl, we’d all said, ‘We have to take our kit off before the day, otherwise it’ll just feel too pointed,’ if you’ll pardon the unfortunate expression,” Thompson said.In the film, Thompson plays a retired school teacher who hires sex worker Leo Grande (McCormack) to help her find her post-marital sexual awakening.

Hyde, the film’s director, arranged a nude rehearsal for Thompson and McCormack on the last day.“She cleared the little rehearsal space, which had already become quite womblike, and I jokingly said, ‘Soph, you’ll have to take your clothes off as well,’ ” Thompson shared.Hyde initially declined, but decided to join in after thinking about it. “So we all took our clothes off bit by bit.