Expect a few extra fender benders on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles in the coming weeks as actress Olivia Munn just unveiled her "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" billboard for activist group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).The original full-length nude pic was deemed too racy for the powers-that-be in Los Angeles, but the "tamer" body-baring image, complete with the slogan "Who Needs Fur to Feel Beautiful?" is still turning plenty of heads.
Before she would agree to the shoot, however, the Iron Man 2 actress had one big caveat: no guys on set.
"I was very clear about having an all-female shoot and the photographer (Emily Shur) is a friend of mine and she is fantastic and amazing and she has guys who set up, and they had to set up and leave," Munn told FOXNews.com.
"I felt very comfortable once I knew that there were only girls."Munn, who will next appear in Aaron Sorkin's upcoming HBO show The Newsroom, said the photo speaks for itself.
"I'm proud of this picture and I didn't want it to be overly sexy, and I didn't want it to be overly fierce and strong, I just wanted it to be somebody who looks very comfortable," she said.
"I also think it's very important for women to know that you don't have to be afraid to want to be sexy, and
also be considered smart, passionate and nice."
also be considered smart, passionate and nice."The actress, who recently split from Rangers star Brad Richard, said it took her a long time to feel that comfortable in her own skin.
"I think back to myself when I was eight, nine, 10, 11, and I used to go through these magazines and hate parts of myself because I didn't look like these tall, thin girls and it's a natural thing that happens. I'm brunette, half Asian, and I have freckles. I wasn't the normal description of beauty that I grew up seeing," Munn said.
"So whenever I start to feel insecure or wish that my boobs were bigger or butt was smaller or wish that I was that really thin, waify girl ... (I would think) 'how will the world know you're worth it if you don't? How do you expect anybody else to think that you're worthy of anything if you don't think it first?'"
