
Little did she know her grumbling would give birth to a pop culture phenomenon.Ĭraig pulled a Sean Connery in Casino Royale with his very own pair of pale blue swim trunks. The creation of Leia's metal bikini was prompted by Fisher's complaints that her outfits had been too baggy and mannish in previous Star Wars films. Shields' young age (14 at the time of filming) and apparent nakedness were especially controversial, though she later testified that body doubles were used during nude scenes and that her long brunette locks were glued to her breasts when she had to appear topless.įisher's "Slave Leia" costume, while featured in only two scenes of Return of the Jedi, has remained an iconic sex symbol since its debut in 1983. Randal Kleiser's 1980 nudity-packed romantic adventure film faced a fair amount of criticism in its day despite the movie's box-office success.

The image of Cohen’s hairy chest and near-bare buttocks is seared into the minds of moviegoers everywhere, thanks to the lime green “mankini” he wore as a Kazakh journalist on an American adventure in the 2006 smash hit. The scene launched the then-unknown actress to international sex-symbol status, cornrows and all. Eventually, he settled for an "anti-belly button clause," permitting her to appear wearing a two-piece that covered her navel.ĭerek and her nude one-piece started the running-across-the-beach-shot trend back in 1979.
Salma hayek from dusk till breast series#
The beach party film series (think High School Musical in the 1960s) starred Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon traipsing around in quintessential '60s swimwear, though it almost wasn't so: Walt Disney, who still had Funicello under contract after her stint on The Mousketeers, reportedly would not allow her to appear in the film if she donned a bikini.

Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in ‘Beach Blanket Bingo’.
