This isn't from a blog, but it fits with some of the topics in this thread. It comes from an interview with actress Jessica Chastain about her new movie (The Debt) where she plays a Mossad agent tracking down a war criminal who is now working as a gynecologist. There are scenes in the movie where she goes undercover as a patient and gets examined by him. In an interview she said that while her doctors have always been female, she went to a male doctor to help her prepare for the role.
Here's an excerpt of the interview:
Q: OK, my next question is awkward because I'm not a woman, but I'm married to one and I understand that gynecological exams are uncomfortable for a variety of reasons, including the vulnerability of being in that position with a male doctor. Was it a difficult scene to play, considering the guy you're supposed to be examined by was a Nazi butcher?
A: It's so interesting that you asked that. Just before we began filming, I remembered that I was due for a check-up. All of my doctors are women, and I realized that I had never been with a male doctor, so I made an appointment with a male doctor.
Q: Who apparently was not a Nazi?
A: (laughs) Not a Nazi.
Q: Boy, that's taking method acting to another level.
A: I'm a crazy researcher.
Q: Did it help?
A: There was so much to play in those scenes. She is being invaded physically by a man she believes is responsible for the loss of her family. But she can't show her true feelings because it will give away what she is doing. Then there is the tension of wondering if they have targeted the right man because he seems so nice. There are so many layers.
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