Jason Isaacs shut down the talk about his full frontal scene on The White Lotus throughout an interview on CBS Mornings.
The actor made an look on the daytime present and Gayle King introduced up the talk on social media over whether or not Isaacs used a prosthetic penis on the HBO drama.
“Lots of people are debating it. It’s all around the web,” Isaacs mentioned when he was requested if he used a prosthetic for his nude scene.
King famous that he had not answered the query, to which Isaacs mentioned, “I’ll let you know why as a result of the very best actress this yr is Mikey Madison on the Oscars and I don’t see anybody discussing her vulva, which is on tv on a regular basis and I’m not speaking about Swedish automobiles.”
“I feel it’s fascinating that there’s a double customary for males, however when ladies are bare, Margaret Qualley in The Substance, nobody would dream of speaking to her about her genitalia or her nipples or any of these issues,” he continued. “So, it’s odd that there’s a double customary.”
Isaacs acknowledged dodging the query “as a result of I don’t assume that folks actually wish to know the way the sausage is made,” including, “I genuinely assume it will be odd when there are characters — and a number of the ladies are bare in right here — it’d be odd for those who have been sitting right here. And you’ll by no means dream of discussing their genitalia, not for a second.”
CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil added that they’d been debating concerning the prosthetic penis all morning.
Isaacs requested, “What’s your obsession?” including, “Mike White is an excellent author, it’s the very best collection on tv for a very long time. And what’s the obsession with penises? It’s an odd factor.”
Watch the complete interview beneath.
