John Lithgow says “I was very self conscious” about doing full frontal nudity in the Sundance drama “Jimpa.”
“Nudity is an extraordinary tool in creating an impact. It’s the one thing all of us hide from the rest of the world. It’s the one thing we keep guarded and very much to… pic.twitter.com/qTY1qlrmhm
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John Lithgow has full frontal nudity in his new film Jimpa. The actor says that “nudity is an extraordinary tool in creating an impact. It’s the one thing all of us hide from the rest of the world. It’s the one thing we keep guarded and very much to ourselves. If you’re willing to expose that for a good reason in the telling of a story, then there’s nothing more powerful.”
“I was very self conscious about it,” Lithgow says about going nude. “You don’t do this blithely. I had many sleepless nights dreading the day I saw this movie. I didn’t even tell my wife I would be stark naked in this movie. We saw the movie alone together in a screening room and I was so nervous and she didn’t even mention it. She never mentioned the fact that she saw my dick. It’s just extraordinary. It’s so organically a part of this piece of moviemaking.”
The film is co-written and directed by Sophie Hyde. The film co-stars Olivia Colman. “Jimpa” centers on Hannah (Colman) and her nonbinary teenager, Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde), as they travel to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather Jim (Lithgow). Hannah confronts her relationship to her child after they ask to stay and live with Jim for a year.
