In 1994, Jamie Lee Curtis caused a sensation on the big screen as the heroine of the film
True Lies,
the adaptation of
La Totale
by James Cameron. She plays Helen Tasker, the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, a secret agent who poses as a close relative and computer scientist. In front of the cameras, Ms. Tasker undertakes to strip her husband, finding herself totally out of her comfort zone. “It was very early in the filming schedule, which made me a little anxious, because it meant that I probably should have stopped eating what I was eating, and did some sit-ups, but I didn't have the time. time”, entrusts the actress to the media
InStyle
.
After only a few rehearsals, comes the day of the shots, "where we were briefed on the placement of the camera and the marks to be touched".
The actress must throw herself into the deep end, in what will prove to be one of the “sexiest” scenes of her career.
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"Do you want to let go of the bar?"
On her high heels, facing Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis drops her black dress revealing underwear of the same color.
She then begins to dance to the song
Alone in the Dark
by John Hiatt.
“It was a powerful experience that no one could take credit for – it was just me, the music, three cameras and a hundred guys,” says the actress.
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Swaying to the sound of guitars, she grabs one of the bedposts to use as a pole dance bar.
The scene then becomes a little too sexy for the director.
“He
(James Cameron, Editor's note)
approached me and whispered in my ear: “Will you let go of the bar?”.
He understood that if Helen stumbled in her seductive dance, it would remind everyone that it was a comedy."
She did, giving the audience a little fall in perfect timing that didn't stop her show.
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