Today’s Tuna retrospective:
Somebody mentioned yesterday that Diane Lane looked just about perfect when she did her nude scenes in The Big Town. I would also place this performance by Marisa Tomei in that category – and she wasn’t even young at the time.
Marisa has never won our annual poll for the best nude scene, but she came as close as possible without actually winning. She finished second two years in a row!
- In 2007 she was the runner up for this film, and I think her scenes were better than the winner’s, especially considering that sex scene with Phil Hoffman, which is not done proper justice by still captures. You have to see it in motion.
- She followed that up with another second-place finish in 2008 for The Wrestler.
The most impressive part of her achievement was her age at the time. Although the annual poll is usually dominated by young actresses, Marisa took those two silver medals when she was in her mid 40s. Bravo, Aunt May!
2 classics back to back & out, & nobody ever looked hotter than her deleted boobs scene in Untamed Heart – still waiting for her nude return, would totally be down for bare-arsed 58 year old Marisa, now that Aunt May is RIP & she’s out from under the Disney yoke