Vinessa Shaw (Nude Debut) & Paula Malcomson in Ray Donovan [S2E4]
There are unconfirmed reports of Vinessa briefly naked (making it her first T&A) in Siren (posted about the flick on the old blog many moons ago). The indie flick is stuck in distributionΒ purgatory at the moment.
Paula Malcomson makes her Ray Donovan nude intro and it’s of booty kind. Still hesitant to show her tits…
VS: I wish I could share with him. His daughter lives in L.A. and I met his wife and his daughter. Whenever I see them I feel like I know them and they’re family. We worked on that movie for so long. His daughter said, ‘my father just loved you.’ He had a great impact on me.
Like Being in Another World’: Vinessa Shaw on the 10th Anniversary of Eyes Wide Shut
Vinessa Shaw Interview β TWO LOVERS
VS: (laughs) I think all movie love scenes are hard, because you can’t truly be as intimate as you would be with anyone you’re truly with, and everyone’s watching you. But I think especially for the love scene between [Sandra and Leonard], it’s in his parent’s house, and James really wanted it to be messy — not shooting on my face and then his face. I think you got the reality of the characters. Even in the end, when we’re post-coital, Sandra’s holding him instead of him holding her. It’s very much the nature of their characters, so I think he really got the correct mood of the scene — very passionate, but still kind of imbalanced in how she essentially views their relationship.
VS: I’m very active, I’m not just an actor. I have other things going on. I’m a Buddhist and active in my Buddhist’s Association, and I’m actually a National Young Women’s representative for the organization, so I travel a lot helping young women who are practicing Buddhism. And I have my family, and this is a wonderful time to have some [free] time. But at the same time, I’m definitely ready to go to work again as well. I’m going to be honest.
Β VINESSA SHAW on ‘THE HILLS HAVE EYES’
Vinessa, you have the most disturbing scene in the movie with your baby, and Robert Joy’s mutant character kind of…ummm…”taking the place of your baby”…
VINESSA: [laughs at the wording of the question] Oh my…
How twisted was that scene?
VINESSA: Yes, it was very twisted. Definitely. That was kind of a point of contention. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to do the movie if that were going to be the showcased part of myself, you know? [laughs] So I kind of was, “How are we going to shoot this?” I had three or four meetings with Alex and Greg before I really decided to do the movie. I thought, “They’re not going to want to deal with me, I’m too high maintenance.” I was just very specific about, “Is this going to turn into something else, like pornographic?” But we had many, many meetings regarding the nature of that and how it’d be shown. And I made sure it was shown in a certain way, and so did he. And by the end, Alex was like, [matter-of-factly] “And there it is! There’s the scene that we had ten million meetings about!” So we were all glad when it was done. But it was hard. And it was hard to negotiate with Robert because he has this cleft palate. It was more than just me getting attacked at that moment. It was like a lot of negotiation, and it was a long, long scene, and a lot of screaming, a lot of crying over and over again. So it was pretty horrifying. And I really liked what Alex had me do in that. He really had me make sure that even though I was screaming and crying, my eyes were like wide open looking at him. Protecting my baby…There was a lot going on. And seeing Emilie in the back being raped, and us connecting, and how am I going to save myself and my sister and my child? It was a huge, huge moment. I think it’s like the turning point of the movie, really.
How did you feel about collaborating with Alexandre on that scene and working in your ideas?
VINESSA: I know that was the major part, and I really appreciate him wanting to work with me on it. That was the most agreeable experience I’ve ever had with a director–really working something out together. It was cool. I really appreciated him, and I know he appreciated me, and it worked out for the best, I thought.
Vinessa is just following her mom’s footsteps. Susan Damante-Shaw (d.o.b. 6-17-50) ?