Just watched this other night and forgot about the opening scene of Col. Stuart doing his morning yoga/ninjutsu in the nude. Had me cracking up. Seemed kind of unnecessary for him to be nude doing that, but I'm sure the ladies loved it.
shareIt wasn't graphic, and if I remember correctly at that time William Sandler was heavily into martial arts and was very fit and muscular, so I guess they kind of played to his strengths.
shareOh yeah for sure, he was totally ripped and looked great.
It seemed graphic to me. He was completely naked, no full frontal shots, but plenty of full rear in multiple positions. However, I don't know the industry standard for that. It must have been awkward for him to film that. I'm not sure what it exactly added to the film whether he was nude or in briefs? But, maybe he wanted to do it and it could add to the craziness of his character?
It may simply have been vanity on his part. He knew he look good so he wanted to show off his body.
I have seen many interviews with female actors talking about doing nude scenes, and saying that they would rather do it when they are young while they still have their figure.
Kind of makes sense, especially if the nude scene is compensated for in their fee.
Um no. Bill is certainly not the type to want to "show off his body." He is actually a very shy man, but he wanted to get into good shape to make sure it looked good. As he's said, "I didn't want to look back when I'm 60 and think, 'My god, why didn't I do a few situps or something.'"
As for how the scene went down, he wasn't told it was going to be in the nude when he first went in. He only found out about the scene during costume fittings when the director sprang it on him. It was supposed to be a closed set, but there were a ton of people traipsing through it during the time Bill was naked. He was also not compensated for it as he was still new to the film business. Here Bill explains it from his own Youtube channel.
https://youtu.be/R7eiInE5WqU
If you were to replace the actor with a pretty woman actress it would certainly be considered graphic and get a rating bump.
shareWilliam SADLER was not "heavily" into martial arts. He studied the moves he was to make with a coach and reproduced them at the time of filming. If you read any of Sadler's articles or listen to any podcast/interview he's done he says he's not usually that athletic. He even hates running scenes that's why in "The Green Mile" when Frank Darabont wanted the scene where hsi character of Klaus Detterick ran through the water to the area where Michael Clarke Duncan's character of John Coffey was sitting with the Detterick's dead girls, Sadler complained because he hates scenes like those. When preparing for that scene in "Die Hard 2" he asked the director, Renny Harlin, to put that scene off to the end of filming because he wasn't in that great a shape and he wanted to be. There are two interviews where Bill explains:
1) Bill's own Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/R7eiInE5WqU
2) With Bobbie Wygant in 1989: https://youtu.be/xuWPLizzlgA
3) Here in an extra on the DVD: https://youtu.be/PJRzONhK_KA
Yeah, I always appreciated that scene.
shareI myself always found that scene weird. It doesn't bother me that much but it did seem like a pretty pointless scene as the TC said. It mainly seems to be there to say that General Esperonzo is coming into the airport though there are other scenes that mention him too. I always laugh at how he just angrily turns the TV off with the remote. Like why was he watching TV if he doesn't enjoy it?
sharewell which is weirder and more awkward?
naked William Sadler doing martial arts meditation or a bald buff Micheal Rooker totally naked in Mallrats?
I haven't seen Mall Rats in almost 20 years. I don't remember it.
shareme niether.
might help if we knew which character it was.
you a damn liar. Everyone has seen Mallrats and know that scene.
People that claim they never see Mallrats they either a damn liar or something
I am not lying. I am sure there is something you saw 10 or more years ago that you can't remember.
sharehe's a bullshit artist
shareI have never seen Mallrats. I saw the commercials for it when it first came out and thought that it looked stupid. So, I never saw it.
shareMichael Rooker eating chocolate pretzels. That was Way more awkward than anything.
shareDid they sorta parody that seen in mallrats?
shareHonestly, it makes more sense than a chick slinging her tits all over the screen; which I love but is completely and totally unnecessary.
This scene shows how dedicated, hardened, and focused he is. He is a cold-hearted, viscous, trained killer. If they kinda guy doesn't do naked yoga/ninjutsu in the morning, I don't know who does.
exactly , to call this "graphic" or "unnecessary" when chicks be made to get their tits out all over the place ( i'm also a fan of this) seems , er , is hippocritical the word?
Four years later he'd be playing a country bumpkin in Shawshank Redemption.
shareProbably still looked good in the shower, missed opportunity!
shareFour years later he'd be playing a country bumpkin in Shawshank Redemption.
Probably still looked good in the shower, missed opportunity!
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yes it is weird scene. i prefer it if he wear some martial arts uniform.
seeing colonel stuart naked did not do much but excite all the butt pirates and soccer moms in audience.