Megan Fox’s Jennifer’s Body is a special film to everyone involved.
Although the movie wasn’t exactly a success when it first came out, the
film’s cast and crew kept championing the movie for years. Eventually,
Jennifer’s Body went on to amass a cult following due to its relevant
themes, characterizations, and performances from all involved.
The
film’s two stars, Fox and Amanda Seyfried, have spoken highly of the movie.
And although they both have asserted that they had a good time making the
film, the pair found one scene a bit too horrifying even for a horror movie.
And that involved the two actors having to kiss.
The film’s recent surge of popularity over the years has had
the added effect of helping young girls feel comfortable in their sexuality.
On the surface, Jennifer’s body is a horror film. After a demon possesses
the body of a popular cheerleader, she starts feasting on men’s bodies. But
underneath the surface, there’s a love story involving Fox’s character,
Jennifer, and her nerdy best friend played by Amanda Seyfried.
Fox
has asserted that many young girls have found inspiration in Fox and
Seyfried’s romantic subplot.
“I can’t tell you how many girls,
from 30 down into their teens – or, f*** that, my age, too – come up to me
and are like, ‘I realized I was gay because of you,’ or ‘I felt comfortable
coming out because of you,’” Fox revealed according to Dazed. “Because of
Jennifer’s Body and the interviews I did about being bisexual before it was
cool.”
Fox added how thankful she is for moments like those.
“That’s
something that’s so important to me, that I’m so proud of,” Fox said. “If my
purpose on Earth was to help one girl come out the closet and feel OK about
it, I had an amazing purpose here.”
However, Fox and Seyfried
experienced difficulty displaying that kind of relationship on screen. When
it came time to kiss, the two actors both admitted the moment horrified
them.
In an interview with Variety, Fox revealed that she
and Seyfried felt a bit uncomfortable at the idea of them making out in the
movie.
“I remember Amanda and I were horrified that we had to
make out,” Fox said. “Her more so than me. I was slightly more comfortable
being able to do it. She was not excited about having to film that scene at
all.”
Fox asserted there were many factors that made it uncomfortable
for the two stars to kiss.
“I remember we were both stressed out
because we had chin acne and there was gonna be this mirror close-up of us
kissing. [I remember thinking] ‘They have to paint that out!’ I don’t even
know if they did, but that was a very stressful scene for the two of
us.”
However, Fox’s co-star, Amanda Seyfried, was proud of that scene,
feeling that they both pulled it off.
“If I watch the scene, it’s
actually really sexy,” Seyfried said in an interview with W magazine. “We
got it done for the masses, but sadly, the masses didn’t show up.”
Fox
revealed that she had a bit of a mental breakdown after filming Jennifer’s
Body. The Transformers star remarked that the film’s marketing
hypersexualized her, which led to feeling overwhelmed by the
attention.
“I didn’t want to be seen,” Fox told Entertainment Tonight (via
Buzzfeed). “I didn’t want to be seen in public at all.”
For Fox,
this led to her having a #MeToo moment before the movement was even a
thing.
“I feel like I was sort of out and in front of the MeToo
movement before the MeToo movement happened,” Fox said. “I was speaking and
saying, ‘Hey, these things are happening to me and they’re not OK.’”
