Will Gluck Cuts Nudity From 12-Hour-Sex Comedy After Test Audiences Recoil
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Updated · IGN · Aug 10
Will Gluck Cuts Nudity From 12-Hour-Sex Comedy After Test Audiences Recoil
3 articles · Updated · IGN · Aug 10
Summary
Will Gluck said he removed “so much” nudity from romantic comedy One Night Only after test screenings showed viewers becoming visibly uncomfortable in theaters.
Gen Z and Gen Alpha research shaped that decision, Gluck told Variety, though he argued the resistance reflects a broader societal shift toward keeping nudity private rather than part of a shared moviegoing experience.
Gluck said scenes with naked couples on New York streets pulled audiences out of the story, so editors kept trimming them until complaints faded.
One Night Only stars Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner and is set in an alternate reality where premarital sex is banned except during one 12-hour window each year.