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Originally Posted by lonmol

This one was never actually filmed, but according to an interview with Dee Wallace (Stone), Steven Spielberg wanted her to do a full frontal nude scene in E.T.! It was supposed to show the "childlike curiosity" of the creature. Dee Wallace was going to be asleep in her bed (fully nude), and E.T. was supposed to pull the covers down below her hips, and study her body. Dee refused to do the scene. Not because she had a problem with the nudity, but because she (rightly) thought it was inappropriate for the film. There's a similar story about the making of Poltergeist. The scene where Jobeth Williams was being pulled up the wall and across the ceiling in her underwear was originally going to be a full frontal nude scene. Again, Jobeth had no problem doing it, but it was decided that a PG rating was preferable to a hard R. During filming, Speilberg kept insisting he wanted to see "More panties!", and he personally operated the wires that pulled Jobeth Williams T-Shirt up (pulling so hard that her shirt went all the way to her chin a few times).

If you Google; Frightmare in the Falls 2019, you can see Dee Wallace talking about the E.T. nude scene that never was. It's about halfway through the panel discussion featuring Linnea Quigley, Barbara Crampton and Dee Wallace. The clip is on YouTube (and you'll be amazed at how good Barbara Crampton looks at 60!)