Walton Goggins is addressing that nude scene in the March 16 episode of The Righteous Gemstones.
When Baby Billyâs 80-year-old penis took center stage, fans were shocked when they saw Gogginâs character drop his trousers to reveal his most intimate places. But in a screening of the episode earlier this month, The White Lotus actor, 53, set the record straight.
âLet me be very clear â thatâs not my penis,â he said, per TVLine. âMy penis looks nothing like that whatsoever.â
Goggins later told the outlet that the HBO series creator and series lead, Danny McBride, actually âoffered me the option of using my own penisâ but decided against baring it all for the camera.
âWeâve done a lot of chaotic things over the course of our 12-year collaboration. I will follow Danny McBride anywhere â except there. Thatâs one thing I wonât do,â he said.
Though McBride gave him the option to go full-frontal for the scene, Goggins revealed that he had âno sayâ in the casting of the penis that would be CGIâd over his midsection.
Gogginsâ latest comments on onscreen nudity come shortly after his White Lotus costar, Jason Issacsâ went viral for his full-frontal moment on the Mike White-led anthology series.
Sam Nivola and Sarah Catherine Hook, who play Issacsâ onscreen children, told TV Insider that the actor used a prosthetic for the shot.
âIt was really funny. He was very excited to do it. I think he took pride in the prosthetic. He gave that guy a nice shot,â Hook said while Nivola added, âHeâs like, âItâs my fake dâ scene today!ââ
In a subsequent appearance on CBS Mornings, Issacs addressed the hubbub surrounding his nude scene and admitted that he was sick of getting asked whether or not he was wearing a prosthetic.
âA lot of people are debating it. Itâs all over the internet,â he explained. âAnd itâs interesting because the best actress this year is Mikey Madison at the Oscars. And I donât see anybody discussing her vulva, which was on [the screen] all the time.â
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âItâs interesting that thereâs a double standard for men,â he continued, adding that he was dodging the question surrounding the prosthetic because he didnât think people wanted to know âhow the sausage is made.â
âGenuinely, I think it would be odd when there are characters â and some of the women are naked in here â itâd be odd if you were sitting here. And you would never dream of discussing their genitalia, not for a second,â Issacs said. âMike White is a brilliant writer; itâs the best series on television for a long time. And what is the obsession with penises? Itâs an odd thing.â
The White Lotus airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, and The Righteous Gemstones airs thereafter at 10:00 p.m. on HBO.
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