how did they film the opening scene of barbarella

- - - The Australia Film Censorship Board ordered the elimination of "all shots of female nudity" i.e. 'We're vessels that need to be full in spirits…but there are other ways to fill it. 'She was a sex symbol in her twenties: The star in a photo for Barbarella in 1968She was lost in Paris: Her husband at the time, Roger Vadim, wanted her to star in the movie Her first husband: She was wed to Vadim from 1965 until 1973; seen in 1965The show premiered this week and was full of revelations.

''Your age is less chronological and more attitudinal,' she added.Jane Fonda in Five Acts premieres on HBO September 24.

The version now on video in Australia is of the Laser Disc version which has a more "nude" opening credit scene. However, the film was re-edited in '77 when Fonda was becoming more well known, and some of the raunchier scenes were removed. It was so terrifying for me. I love lived-in faces. The opening scene, of Barbarella getting out of her space suit in the weightlessness of her spacecraft, clearly shows her breasts, and her nude butt. The Book Club star also said she was able to stop her bulimia 'cold turkey' in the 1980s before she launched her career as a fitness expert. A re-release in 1977 (to cash in on the success of The following photos hint at how the scene may have looked. Jane Fonda was talked into starring in the 1968 movie Barbarella by her husband at the time Roger Vadim.And the opening scene required her to strip down to nothing while she was laying on a glass plate.The 80-year-old star said in her new documentary Fonda In Five Acts that the scene terrified her so much she had to drink vodka to get through it.

'Her side: 'There was a point in my mid-forties where I realized if I continued to be controlled by these addictions, that I was going to…I don't know if I was going to die, but my life would fall apart,' she told People; pictured in 1984And she said it was never about food. 'And she said eating again and keeping it down made her stronger. A scene rumoured to have been left in the international version, but too saucy for America, was a love scene between Barbarella and the Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg).

The truth about this scene: Jane Fonda revealed in her new movie Jane Fonda In Five Acts why she went nude in 1968's Barbarella and how she felt about itNo clothes: The opening scene required her to strip down to nothing while she was laying on a glass plateScary: The siren had to drink vodka to shoot the scene because she was 'terrified'Painful: And then the shoot had to be redone because a bat flew into frame. Very nice breasts and butt, at that, nonetheless inconsistent with a 'PG' rating. 'There was a point in my mid-forties where I realized if I continued to be controlled by these addictions, that I was going to…I don't know if I was going to die, but my life would fall apart,' she saidShe did it: Fonda had a terrible time with eating disorders when she was young. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Seen in 1985'As you get older, with each binge, the fatigue and the hostility and self-loathing lasts longer,' the Nine To Five star added.

'I drank so much vodka. The original European version had all the nudity intact on its first release. Opening up: And in the film, the Oscar winner opens up about her plastic surgery saying: 'On one level, I hate the fact that I've had the need to alter myself physically to feel that I'm OK.' Some people say you can never get over it, but you can. ': Britain's first transgender newsreader India Willoughby sparks outrage...Boris Johnson takes aim at unions amid bid to 'sabotage' reopening schools next month as he tells teachers...Eating Out IS Helping Out! Plus many other scenes in the movie show groups of men and women in alluring positions, again with some obvious female nudity.

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