Anna Camp on Nude Scenes: On-Screen is Scarier Than On-Stage

In Goodbye to All That, True Blood star Anna Camp plays Debbie Spangler, a religious woman who, regrettably, gets freaky with the film’s recently-divorced protagonist, Otto (Paul Schneider). So, Camp did have to get naked for the part.

However, Camp has some experience with stripping down in character. She took off her clothes in the play Equus with Daniel Radcliffe. We had to ask her: Which was scarier, stripping down for the screen or the stage?

“I felt much more comfortable doing nudity onstage, to be honest, in front of over thousands of people, because you’re in the dark,” she said. “On set, you’re in a small room, they have to shut the air conditioning off, because of the sounds. You got a couple guys standing there with cameras and boom mics. Just the proximity of it is so close.”

Camp said she’s OK with her family seeing her nude scenes in Goodbye to All That, as long as she’s not in the room during the screening.