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Joie Lee Wasn’t Comfortable Getting Undressed In Front Of Her Brother
In an interview with People from 1990, Joie Lee stated that going topless in front of Spike in her first leading role in one of his films was uncomfortable. But she wasn’t surprised at the request to drop her top for one of the love scenes. Nudity, in an artful way, has always been a big part of Spike’s films, and according to Joie, a part of who her brother is:
“When we were kids, Spike was more uninhibited than I was. He’d run around naked, but I wanted privacy from my brothers.”