dommmu
Governor
I am fascinated by films like this where actors/actresses endure something very close to actual torture, at least as far as being naked and in stress positions is concerned. We can only imagine what goes through their minds. Is it a job, is it art, or does it speak to something deeper inside them?
When in doubt, it is probably money and a very convincing director. There is a rumor about this one director who made his main cast produce more than 10 hours of explicit sex scenes for a love drama (of which he used only about 20 minutes or so).
But I have great respect for JLaw for doing this scene. I can imagine, that it was very demanding. Not only because of the unkown number of people on the set she had to get undressed and tied up in front of, but also because of the position she had to endure. The scene in the final cut is only about 10 seconds long, but it certainly took a lot longer to film. You have to get the perfect camera angles, the perfect lighting, the perfect reactions... so many factors that can stretch the making of this scene and the actress has to remain in position.
The only comfort for her was probably that they used warm instead of cold water.