Brooke Shields’ story about surprise nude-scene participation might seem like an oddity in an age when expert intimacy coordinators are changing Hollywood forever, to the point that Ewan McGregor had to use one for sex scenes with his wife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, while filming the Paramount+ show “A Gentleman in Moscow.” Nevertheless, Shields’ gesture was all about supporting her co-star in the challenging scene, which involves Lana (Shields) sneaking into Will’s (Benjamin Bratt) room unaware that he’s just walking out of the shower.
As Shields told People, making “Mother of the Bride” was a very communal experience. “[It] felt like theater … because we were all thrown together in such a foreign environment,” she said. “We were together all the time … which was really nice. And we all lived right near each other.”
Miranda Cosgrove, who plays Lana’s daughter Emma, echoed the sentiment: “One of the special things about making the movie was — since we were so far away from home, all of us, and in a new place — I really feel like we all got to know each other pretty fast.”
In some cases, this feeling of companionship extended to the actors’ significant others. Shields particularly liked the fact that Bratt’s wife, Talisa Soto (“License to Kill,” “Mortal Kombat”), joined them on location. “She’s such a refined, beautiful woman,” Shields enthused. “She epitomizes that, and I was so happy she wanted to come and spend the first portion of [filming] with us.” All in all, it seems that filming “Mother of the Bride” was a very nice experience for the cast — to the point that they were comfortable enough with each other to help each other get through nude scenes.
