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Thandie Newton was naked in the first season of HBO’s WestWorld. A LOT. In a recent interview with Variety magazine Thandie explained that her nude scenes in WestWorld was like having a fourth baby:

The 44-year-old actress, who plays the role of Maeve Millay in the American series, has admitted she wasn’t fazed about stripping off for an intimate sex scene in the production shortly after giving birth to her youngest child, and has claimed shooting the racy episode felt like she was having a “fourth baby” because she felt an “intense self-affirmation” during filming.

“You know what it felt like? It felt like having that fourth baby because it was a moment of such intense self-affirmation, not for me, Thandie, but female power. I hadn’t felt like that before.”

She added: “And it’s ironic that I was standing there stark naked for a lot of it because I felt more in control than I’ve ever done because I said yes to this.

“I said, ‘Yes, I will stand here with nothing on and I will speak these words’. I was so committed to this character’s trajectory. I felt that it had secrets to how we need to survive as a humanity, which is to fight for the truth.

“I’m like, ‘OK, I’m going to stand naked and just do this thing.

“I hadn’t been to the gym and, for me, it wasn’t about looking a certain way. It was about having the courage to stand there naked and do this stuff.”

Although Thandie is grateful for the production team’s support during the time of filming, she is “surprised” no one got “butt naked” to make her feel better.

On how the production team handled the nude scenes, Thandie said: “The showrunner and the director had the crew in such a state of respect and compassion – everyone was so there for me. I’m surprised they didn’t get butt naked themselves, just to make me feel better! But every time the camera stopped rolling, he’d say, ‘Stop, stop, stop, let’s get Thandie a robe.'”

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