Halle Berry bares it all - again

Posted Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 12:08 PM Central

by John Couture

Hollywood superstar Halle Berry's flirtation with nudity in her movies is an interesting study. Her fifteen seconds of topless celluloid in Swordfish allegedly cost the studio an additional $1 million. She didn't charge extra for her graphic sex scene with Billy Bob Thornton in Monster's Ball, but she did take home an Oscar for her gritty portrayal of a hard-luck woman.

And now, it appears that she's developed a comfort level for her birthday suit as she refused to use a body double in a group shower scene for her new movie Gothika. In the movie, she plays a criminal psychologist who wakes up one morning and finds that she's been committed to the very hospital in which she worked. Apparently, she committed a violent crime, but has no recollection of it.

The scene in question involves a shower with her and 19 other inmates. The suds begin to fly when an all-out brawl breaks out.

Gothika is due in theaters on October 24, 2003.