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Originally Posted by tomdkat
You're talking about two different financial perspectives. From a revenue generation standpoint, anything that can generate revenue is a good thing. Corporations (including the studios) want to maximize profit and to do so, they need to rake in the cash.
From an income perspective, if the actor can get paid more for doing the scene, it might be worth it to satisfy their personal financial wants or needs.
I think this is a poor comparison, since Kiera Knightly isn't that hot and the nude scene was basically her baring her breasts, which is no big deal these days. Halle Berry has done it (and she's arguably much hotter than Ms Knightly) and others have done it. Replace Kiera Knightly with Jessica Alba and we might be having a different discussion. 
Additionally, the nature of the nudity must be considered as well.
Lastly, it's not the nudity itself that leads to potential increased revenue as much as it's the interest generated in seeing someone people admire (word loosely used) sans clothes and the controversy the nudity generates. As long as people go to see what the hub-bub is about regarding some nude scene, the studios love it since you're spending money.
I agree. The same goes to some actors as well.
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1. I will argue with you about Keira being Hotter than Halle.
2. You're correct and I should have worded my response better by saying that I think its "sex appeal" and not necessarily the nudity that sells seats. On the other hand, see below…
3. I guess the problem is that I’m thinking about the actor/actress from the standpoint of them wanting to make art and money not being an issue. I’m sure there are many actresses that would take the increase in pay to bare it all, but I’m more concerned with the person that doesn’t take into consideration the type of film they’re in. Take for example, Halle Berry. She was nude in Swordfish, which was a fun movie, but I heard more about her nude scene than I did about the film. I just wonder if she realized that and how she felt. Is that something that she’s going to look back on and be proud of? Does she realize that more people probably downloaded the captures than actually watched the film?
I also wonder how many people didn't go see Closer when they heard that Natalie wasn't going to be nude. I remember seeing post after post about how "pissed" people were over that. At that point, I think the nudity is a mistake. It's a distraction from the film itself.
-PH