With “We Own the Night,”
Eva Mendes says goodbye to sweet-but-low-key onscreen romances with leading men such as Will Smith (“Hitch”) and Nicolas Cage (“Ghost Rider”).
In this thriller set in the 1980s, Mendes’ bosom-baring romp with Joaquin Phoenix is an eye-opening opening scene.
“I actually have no problem being nude. I was fully nude in ‘Training Day’ - like full frontal,” Mendes, 33, recalled. “But I wasn’t in a love scene while I was nude. When you’re in a love scene and you’re nude, it’s the most uncomfortable. You’re completely exposed.”