Lucy, Rob, Sam Raimi, Steven DeKnight and Peter Mensah attended theTelevision Critics Association (TCA) conference in Pasadena on 29 July 2009 to promote Spartacus.
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TV Squad - 30 July 2009 (With Lucy Audio)
BBCA and Starz: Lucy Lawless will get naked, and Tennant's last eps - TCA Report
Posted Jul 30th 2009 1:02AM by Joel Keller
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Spartacus: Blood and Sand
During the Spartacus panel, Lawless was asked if she's going to be naked during
the first season, as the show involves a lot of sex scenes. "I'm afraid so," she
said. She plays Lucretia, a "proprietor of a camp for gladiators." She takes up
with a gladiator in the hope of having a baby. It's tough for her to do those
scenes because, while she tries to keep in fantastic shape, "when you get on
set, you get the 'freshman 15'," she told the scrum afterwords.
Near the end of the scrum, I asked her if she thought a certain fanboy segment (coughXenacough)
will be happy to see her nude. Her response included her experience seeing
Caligula when she was a teenager. Say one thing for Lucy; she's not the demure
type.
Lucy Lawless on being nude (1:58)
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In the "more than we need to know" department, apparently the show utilizes a
prosthetic for when the various gladiators appear nude. Yes, that kind of
prosthetic. "We had to create the 'Kirk Douglas', as it's aptly named, so people
had a prosthetic they could wear," said EP Rob Tappert. Lawless said they hang
it up in the prop truck "next to all the merkins." Must be a fun set.
Oh, Sam Raimi is also one of the EPs; he had the concept of the show, and was
involved at the start, but the latest Spider-Man film will call him away from
the rest of the season.
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HitFix Site
Press Tour Notes:
Joan Rivers trashes Leno, 'Spartacus' redefines Kirk Douglas -
Posted on Thursday, Jul 30, 2009 By Daniel Fienberg
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Rob Tapert on an unexpected homage to Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" in
Starz' "Spartacus: Blood and Sand": "[T]here's a great deal of nudity,
both male and female. And some guys are not as well-endowed as other
guys, so we had to create the Kirk Douglas, as it was aptly named, so
that certain actors would have a prosthetic that they could wear and
feel comfortable." (To which series co-star Lucy Lawless added, "That
thing gets shared around, though. At the moment it's pinned to the wall
next to all the merkins in the makeup truck.")
SPARTACUS to Include Lots of Sex, Violence -- and Human Drama
The Torch Online - 29 July 2009
In a presentation today at the annual Television Critics Association conference
in Pasadena, the producers and stars of the upcoming series Spartacus: Blood and
Sand emphasized that it pushes the limits of what's been seen on television,
with graphic violence and plenty of sex and nudity, but that it's all in the
service of a well-told story involving compelling characters.
"Nudity?" said co-star Lucy Lawless after being asked if she gets naked in the
the first season. "I'm afraid so. Not entirely, no, and I'm kind of praying that
day never comes."
