Male nudity has always been a social taboo, especially when it comes to showing any front side action. But over the past decade, more and more actors are becoming comfortable with showing their business whether they aught to be, or not. Just this past weekend, famed comedy directorJudd Apatowdecided it was time to show off his family jewels in the comedyPopstar. But now it sounds like that won’t be the only famous body on display at the cineplex this summer.Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnsonhas just confirmed that he’ll be showing off more of his body than we’ve ever seen before.
Johnsonactually hasn’t committed to goingfull frontal, but we’ll definitely see his cheekier side in the upcoming action comedyCentral Intelligence. The man is no stranger to showing off his chiseled physique. He barely wears any tights at all when climbing into the WWE ring. And he’s gone scantly clad before, in roles likeThe Scorpion King. We’ve definitely seen the guy without his shirt on. And we’ll get a lot of that inBaywatch. But this is the first time he’ll be showing his ass, literally.
Central Intelligencewon’t be the first time The Rock has shown off his posterior region. He’s also gone pants-less in his HBO seriesBaller. But as he tellsE!, this is the first time we’ll ever get to see hisnakedframe on the big screen. And the people’s champion only has his co-starKevin Hartto blame. It was the comedian who convincedJohnsonthat audiences really want to see his buttocks.
“I remember sitting at the table and the question was, ‘Are you going to show your butt in this movie?’ and I was like, ‘Nah.’ [But then] Kevin was like, ‘Yes. You should.’ It got a little uncomfortable.”
Kevin Hartwasn’t going to let his co-star step onto the world stage sans clothes alone. The diminutive comedic tsunami was quick to offer his services as well. All in the name of a good joke.Hartexplains he would have also gonenude.
“I told him, ‘The audience that we want wants your butt,’ If they wanted my butt, I would give them my butt. They don’t want my butt.”
Central Intelligencefollows the plight of CIA Agent Bob Stone, who was an overweight, picked-upon nerd in high school, but has spent the past twenty years working out every single day. Now he must call on a former classmate and his only friend to help him save a U.S. satellite system from falling into enemy hands. Interestingly enough, whileHartdoesn’t show his backside in this comedy, he did have to have a ‘butt stand-in’ recently. Though, they couldn’t find the right fit do to his unusually small size. He explains.
“[They used a] white butt. I didn’t [think] people would be able to tell the difference. It was a quick breeze-by. It was hard to find a guy my size to butt double me so we ordered a white butt double. We had to tech it down so it comes off burgundy.”
We’re not sure ifHartis joking or not. But whenCentral Intelligencecomes to theaters on June 17, we’re sure to get an eyeful of The Rock’s big boulder. And, along withJudd Apatow’s dangling ding-dong inPopstar, that aught to be enough malenudityto tide us over until the fall.
