Katherine Waterston has appeared in dozens of films in her career, including the likes of “Logan Lucky,” “Alien: Covenant,” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” However, she first rose to fame with a major role in the 2014 Paul Thomas Anderson film “Inherent Vice,” alongside the likes of Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, and Josh Brolin. Waterston played Shasta Fay Hepworth, who has a nude sex scene with her ex-boyfriend, portrayed by Phoenix.
Waterston admitted that she found the film’s nude scenes challenging but also that they were somewhat liberating and enjoyable. It helped that she believed in the connection between Phoenix’s character and Shasha, as well as the fact that her co-star was so comforting and a team player. “You think, ‘Oh gosh, my friend just took off all his clothes, now I’m taking off all my clothes,’ and before you know it, you’re just swimming in the water and you’re not thinking about the fact,” she told Huffington Post. “There’s maybe a moment where you gulp, but then, for me, the scene was so much fun to play that I didn’t really think about it too much.”
