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Originally Posted by Quagmire
imdb claims: Thora Birch was only 17 during the filming of her brief nude scene. Therefore a body double was used as a substitute and her head was spliced on top of the body making it look like she had taken her top off. Part of the window pane frame covers where the splicing occurred.
wikipedia claims: The brief topless scene of Thora Birch was shot in the presence of her parents and child labor representatives, since she was barely seventeen at that time.
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wikipedia claims: As Birch was only 16 at the time she made the film, and thus classified as a minor in the United States, her parents had to approve her brief topless scene in the movie and they and child labor representatives were on the set for the shooting of it.
imdb bio: Was actually only 16 years old at the time she was filmed nude for a scene in American Beauty (1999). She told TV talk show host Craig Kilborn when she appeared on his show in 2002 that her parents didn't have a problem with her doing a nude scene, despite her being under age, and they encouraged her to go ahead and do it. They agreed that her character's nude scene was so important to the development of her character that they gave their approval.
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