"The thing about the full-frontal nudity, it wasn't just, like, being an exhibitionist. It was that if the opening scene, your male lead does full-frontal nudity, because it hadn't really happened at this point yet, you're forced to throw out your expectations."
"I thought it'd be a really, really great... One of the great practical jokes, not to tell my parents that I did full-frontal nudity in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and then take them to the premiere," Jason began. "This was, like, a really thrilling idea for me."
"I don't think it's funny but I mean, it's his mom? I guess he should have known her well enough to predict her reaction, and maybe her negative reaction was more about how her son would be perceived/what the rest of the family would think, but it's hard for me to understand why a parent would react so strongly to seeing their child naked."
The opening scene of Forgetting Sarah Marshall depicts the male lead fully nude after dropping his towel when dumped by his girlfriend. Jason Segel intentionally performed full-frontal nudity to force viewers to discard expectations about male nudity in mainstream comedy. The nudity served both a cinematic purpose and a personal prank, as the actor did not tell his parents and planned to bring them to the premiere surprised. The actor described the choice as a practical joke and a thrilling idea. Another commentator questioned the humor and expressed difficulty understanding a parent's strong reaction to seeing their child naked.
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