Things got quite intimate when Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. rolled around for their love scenes in “Fur,” a fictionalized version of famed photographer Diane Arbus’ life, which opens Nov. 10. “I cleared the room – it was only me, the cinematographer and the two actors,” director Steve Shainberg told us the other night at the ’21′ party for Alex Kuczynski’s book, “Beauty Junkies.” “And sometimes it was just me, with the camera over my shoulder. It’s very tough to shoot love scenes, and you really don’t get to do a lot of takes.” Shainberg knows plenty about steamy scenes – his quirky S&M flick “Secretary” skyrocketed to cult status for its shots of Maggie Gyllenhaal crawling around on her hands and knees with an envelope in her mouth. Not that the sexuality in “Fur” will be as appetizing. Downey’s character suffers from hypertrichosis, which makes his body and his face completely covered with unwanted hair. In one pivotal scene, he asks Kidman to shave him down. Shainberg noted that while he’s inundated with offers for a sequel to “Secretary,” he’s resisting the fast buck. “There won’t be a ‘Secretary 2,’ ” he told us.
(via Page Six)
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