Channing Tatum reveals what it was really like filming nude scene with Sandra Bullock
Topics: Channing Tatum, Sandra Bullock, Celebrity, Film and TV
Jen Thomas
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Topics: Channing Tatum, Sandra Bullock, Celebrity, Film and TV
Being a rich and famous actor sounds like the dream, but that doesn't take into account the mortification of having to film nude scenes.
Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock are both icons in their own right, and have shared what it was like having to film exposing scenes for an action movie they worked on together.
The Magic Mike star appeared in a recent episode of First We Feast's Hot Ones, and opened up about the experience starring opposite Bullock for their 2022 film, The Lost City.
He recalled the moment he found out he had to strip off on the second day of filming.
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That's one way of getting to know everyone on set! Tatum called the experience a 'fever dream'.
"Second day on set!" he exclaimed. "You know you have to walk onto set and you have to be like, 'Hello everyone. My name’s Chan. I know we’ve only had really one more day, or one day to get to know each other.
"So, you’re going to see my d*** today. We’re going to get to know each other very well. This is my d***. My name’s Chan. I’ll get to know your names later.' "
Bullock previously opened up about the experience of peeling leeches from Tatum's bare behind.
She told Stephen Colbert she was 'fully there. Full on face to face, with the, uh... landscape'.
"I had to spend some time down there, just making sure no leeches, and I had a lot to say to it. When you’re down there, you may as well just get to know it," she joked.
Hot Ones host Sean Evans asked Tatum about the leech scene, saying he had heard a rumor it took '50 takes' as the star couldn't stop laughing.
"It wasn't 50 takes, but it was a lot, it was, weirdly, the second day of filming ... I knew Sandy, we have kids the same age and we went to the same preschool and whatnot," Tatum said.
The actor went on to joke: "And Sandy having to have like a whole monologue, that was the weirder thing more than her having to pick leeches off my butt," he added. "It's like a fever dream. It's like a fever dream to even explain any of this."
"It's a hell of a day two, let me just say that," Tatum added.
The Lost City's director Adam Nee needed Tatum to be 'completely naked' apart from a strategically placed 'sock protecting the front area' for the scene.
"You have to really like the person and feel safe with them. There was no weirdness," Bullock said.
"You'd think there would be weirdness, but because he was so chill about it, he dropped everything and I spoke to it."
They became friends because their children attended pre-school together, with Bullock telling People previously that the girls, Everly and Laila, were 'at each other's throats' initially.
A year later, Tatum confirmed they were all friends and the girls 'want to hang out all the time'.