Wanderlust is coming out this Friday. Is anyone else surprised that Jennifer Aniston’s promotion hasn’t been more in-your-face? She seemed more subdued when she was promoting Horrible Bosses last summer too – or maybe I’ve just blocked it all out, like selective amnesia. But… there weren’t a million photo shoots and a million self-help-book interviews last summer, right? And that’s the same situation now too, as she promotes Wanderlust. She’s on the cover of GQ and InStyle. Two major covers, sure, but usually she does way more print interviews.
While Aniston’s obvious PR moves seem to be changing up a bit, she’s still going with some old-faithful moves too. Of course she complains about the paparazzi. Of course she talks about her hair. Of course she talks about her workouts and her diet. Of course she has to have a boyfriend (bought and paid for?) as she promotes her movie. Of course she “doesn’t want to talk about Justin Theroux” and yet she still manages to mention him in interview after interview, making sure each outlet gets fresh quotes. But you know what other move Aniston often employs? The fake-nude scandal. Some outlet gets a report about Aniston dropping trou in the film she’s promoting – the report gets widely disseminated so dudes will be interested in seeing a movie if Jennifer gets undressed. And then quietly, her rep denies the story. This happens all the time, for the love of God!
Jennifer Aniston had her naked boobs pulled from her new movie “Wanderlust,” putting a last-minute kibosh on a frontal topless scene out of consideration for her boyfriend and “Wanderlust” co-star, Justin Theroux, an insider tells TheWrap.
The former “Friends” star demanded that the topless scene from the Judd Apatow-produced film, which hits theaters Feb. 24, be replaced with a tamer version, an individual with knowledge of the movie told TheWrap.
A spokeswoman for Universal, which is releasing the movie, said: “The scene was shot a bunch of different ways, and we have the best possible version.”
Aniston’s publicist, Stephen Huvane, denies that the scene was altered at the actress’ behest. “The scene is how it was always supposed to be,” Huvane told TheWrap.
The scene in question features Aniston going topless in front of TV news cameras. In the version that will be included in the film, Aniston will be seen topless from behind, with her bare breasts shown pixelated on TV screens, as they would appear on a TV news broadcast.
But the movie insider who spoke to TheWrap said that when the film was edited with the frontal nudity in it, Aniston pleaded for an alternate version due to her blossoming relationship with Theroux, whom she met on the set of the film. (The two are now cohabitating.) The 43-year-old actress, it seems, decided it just wouldn’t be right to share her naked breasts with anyone except her new beau.
In the film, Aniston and Paul Rudd play a Manhattan couple who suddenly become unemployed and seek an alternative living situation, ultimately landing on a rural, free-love commune. Theroux, 40, plays commune inhabitant Seth.
Aniston performed a brief, semi-topless scene — though her breasts were concealed by an open lab coat — in her recent comedy “Horrible Bosses.”
The actress has also displayed a penchant for skin-happy photo-shoots on the pages of magazines such as “Rolling Stone” and “GQ.” (Her most recent appearance in the latter, for its March 2012 issue, features Aniston posing in little more than a black bra with her co-star Rudd.)
Perhaps those hoping for a glimpse of Aniston’s flesh would be better off heading to the newsstand instead of the movie theater.
[From The Wrap]
First of all, I don’t believe that Aniston would ever think to herself, “My breasts are for my boyfriend’s eyes only,” which is why I don’t believe this story. But beyond that, I love/hate the way this is framed – like Aniston is an old-timey virgin whose precious, never-seen-before breasts must never polluted by evil eyes. This girl has done so many topless photo shoots, a dozen photographers could draw her boobs from memory. And didn’t she flash her boobs in several earlier films too? The Good Girl is the one I remember – but I think there are a few more.
Anyway, this is such a recycled ploy. Aniston’s PR pulled similar stunts with The Break-Up, Horrible Bosses… maybe even The Bounty Hunter too? See, all of her boob faux-controversies blend together.
Photos courtesy of GQ.
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