"Don't Look Up" Director Adam McKay Revealed That Leonardo DiCaprio Stopped Meryl Streep's Nude Scene For The Film

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Adam McKay's new film Don't Look Up is jam-packed with stars — including Meryl Streep, who plays President Janine Orlean.

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In a new interview with The Guardian, McKay claimed that there was originally a scene in which Streep would appear nude, shot from behind — but her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio stepped in and nixed the idea.

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After calling Streep "fearless," McKay noted that they used a body double for the scene. "You know who had a problem with it? Leo," he claimed.

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McKay said that DiCaprio objected to the scene because he "views Meryl as film royalty…although maybe royalty is not a compliment…but as such a special figure in the history of film.”

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"He didn’t like seeing her with the lower back tattoo, walking for a second naked. He said something to me like: ‘Do you really need to show that?’ And I was like: ‘It’s President Orlean; it’s not Meryl Streep.’"

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But according to McKay, it sounds like Streep didn't care either way. "[S]he didn’t even blink. She didn’t even bring it up.”

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Read the entire interview here.

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