Back in 2013, Plaza starred in a film called The To-Do List, where she played Brandy Klark, a nerdy teen set to go to college.
Sexually inexperienced, her character compiles a list of bases to check off before she heads to university.
During one scene in the film, she gets to know herself a bit more intimately.
Now for any actor, this could potentially be a pretty mortifying act to have to simulate, especially in a room full of strangers.
And when asked about her preparation for the scene, during an interview with Conan O’Brien, Plaza admitted that she thought it would be just that, a simulation.
“In my head, I envisioned a nice scene where you see my hand slowly go out of frame,” the 38-year-old said.
“That’s what I thought I was going into, but then when I showed up, the camera was mounted on the ceiling, I was in my underwear and a Clinton t-shirt, and there were a bunch of old men smoking, ya know, the crew guys. And then I went and touched myself.”
After later clarifying that the men weren’t actually smoking, Plaza said that she even approached the film’s director, Maggie Carey, about the scene.
“But then when we did it and I was like, ‘Oh no, we’re going to shoot it where I do it’.”
But despite all the anxiety she had around it, and obvious embarrassment, the director said that she put in one hell of a performance in the film.
Speaking at the time, Carey praised Plaza’s bravery.
“She was so brave; she was game for everything, you know, which was so fun,” she told Screen Slam.
“And she had no problem putting herself in these very awkward situations. But, you know, it’s played for comedy and she just nailed it.
“It was just so fun to work with her, yeah, she’s very, err, gutsy.”
I guess that’s one way to put it.
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