Ward: 'Female actors should strip off'

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Rachel Ward has said that female actors should not be coy about appearing naked in their movies.

The actress and filmmaker told the Australian Sunday Telegraph that she should have done more nude scenes herself when she was in front of the camera.

Ward said: "If you're going to be an actress in film, you can't be coy. Breasts are sexy. I want to see them and audiences want to see them.

"I've certainly had to do my fair share of it. If you're going to be an actress or a model, it's usually part of the package."

She added: "Men don't have to worry about the issue though because, well, their privates don't make pleasant viewing. We don't want to see willies because they're ugly. We want to see breasts because they're beautiful.

"I was just a prudish English girl and I wish I had been less prudish about it really. I don't think we have a hell of a lot to be serious about at this point."