The saloon-y costumes Thandie Newton got to wear in the first season of Westworld â swoon, those lace gloves! âmightâve been lovely to look at, but underneath, Newton was serving some what? no! sass when it came to an extra accessory that didnât exactly, well, mirror a fan or jewel necklace. As she explained on Graham Norton this week, for practical purposes, she rejected wearing a merkin in her scenes that required nudity, mostly because she didnât actually need one.
âOne of the reasons why they provided them is that a lot women do things to alter whatâs going on down there, so I didnât need the merkin because I donât alter anything. Because it was a period piece, you couldnât have any alterations down there,â she explained, much to an intruiged Jeff Goldblum. âThe prairie, the wide-open prairie! They werenât waxing and stripping and plucking!â Plus, she wanted to go home and see her kids at the end of the day, and not wait an additional 45 minutes for someone to remove the glue from her labia.