Nudity and talent

Among others reasons, I think people's/audiences perception of nudity in films subconsciously plays a bigger part in actors not wanting to do nudity than we'd like to think. To different extent of course depending what part of the world you are from. I come from a country where films with nudity would most likely get banned. I find it so annoying, restricting and such narrow-minded thinking. People find it really embarrassing. These guys don't have a problem with car explosions and bombs going off in movies, but a sex scene and nudity is the thing that shocks them . For actors, it's a choice of course and I can empathise with the fact that you're baring yourself out there completely and hence don't want to do it. But if the nudity isn't gratuitous, isn't being done for the wrong reasons but is an important part of the film or the scene and it really calls for it, then I think actors should do right by it and not compromise. I feel they need to keep in mind that they're telling someone else's story. If they refuse knowing the importance of it then maybe they're not right for the part. I wish audiences were more empathetic and encouraging and didn't make a fuss about it. I agree with Rooney's opinion on this that it's only body parts at the end of day, we've all got them, and like her even I don't get what's so damn shocking about it. People need to grow up and be mature about it and not make it this big thing, which it isn't.

I don't think doing nude scenes or not really speaks to your true acting ability.

"there are certain sexual roles that really require nudity"

Yet many sexually charged roles and films were successfully done for several decades before nudity started to become common in the late 1960s. I suppose they accomplished that with good writing, directing, and acting.